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Electronic System of Price Statistics
The main goal of developing and implementing the Electronic System of Price Statistics is to realize the opportunities provided by ICT and economical and mathematical methods to fully satisfy the needs of the target groups in the statistical information on market prices with a minimum of labour and material costs. The system helps the Agency of statistics in collecting of market prices via mobile application in a more efficient and fast way, analysing and monitoring of market prices, distributing it among potential customers via SMS and API channels.
| Type | Digital Solution |
| Organization | Agency on Statistics under the President of Tajikistan |
| Organization Type | Central government entity |
| Country / Territory | Tajikistan |
| Location | Dushanbe |
| Implemented in | Tajikistan |
| Link |
http://ris.stat.tj https://www.stat.tj/en/international-cooperation |
| Use case | Governance (Regulatory frameworks); Access to market |
| Domain | Statistics |
| Description | The Agency on Statistics in partnership with the State Enterprise "Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture" with the technical and financial support of the World Bank in the framework of the "Commercialization of Agriculture" project modernized its system for collection, processing and disseminating of the price data. The process of collecting weekly prices was automated from 22 cities and districts of the country and the distribution of information was established through an SMS messaging mechanism and API channel. |
| Since | 2018 |
| Maturity | Early stages (Ideation) |
| In partnership | The State Enterprise "Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture" and World Bank |
| Technology | Digital (online) platforms (forums, communities, portals); SMS; API |
| Technology description | The Electronic System of Price Statistics consists of a web-based platform for monitoring and administration of data, data processing and report generating; a mobile app for data collection; and modules for disseminating price data through SMS and API channels. |
| Users | Smallholder farms; Medium-size farms; Large-size farms; Public sector; Private sector; Research institutions or academic organizations; Civil society organizations (NGOs, local action groups) |
| Users’ description | Users for receiving price data through SMS are farmers and other businesses. Decision-makers in the public and private sectors can use price data for making informed decisions. Civil society organizations (NGOs, local action groups) can subscribe and have access to web-platform for the distribution of information to their target groups through SMS |
| Business model | Freemium (free and fee) |
| Business model description | Access to price data on the website of the Agency of Statistics is free of charge, receiving price data through SMS-messages is a fee for service, but tariffs have not been formulated by the Agency yet |
| Challenges | The system is used partially due to the lack of financial resources of the Agency for further maintenance and development |
| Food Value Chain stage | Distribution (wholesale and retail) |
| Impact | The Electronic Price Information System can support the establishment of a public-private partnership between the Agency of Statistics and a number of private service providers on the delivery of market information to farmers and agribusinesses via SMS |
| SDGs | SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth; SDG 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure; |