Bolivia: CEPAC, San Juan

Description: CEPAC project in San Juan, Bolivia. The NGO CEPAC started the implementation of a project with ICT features. It includes a information centre in the region of Ichile near Santa Cruz, feeded with information from headquarters in Santa Cruz. The focus is on the marketing and production information on the principal products produced in the region of Ichile. In addition, a radio programme is developed to promote the information services provided through the information centre. The project will provide a direct link between small farmers at community level and market and production information provided at the local and national level. Apart from the inauguration in the first rural information centre, the first training sessions for end users have been realized. As for information services, the project developed a price and input database and published a monthly bulletin with key information on production methods and marketing outlets.