Best Government Initiative of the year

Awards Criteria for the Best Government Initiative in Agriculture

The award in the category of best government initiative is open for all forms of governments including zonal, regional and local governments that use or endorse upon the use of ICT tools in agricultural services, computerisation of agriculture institutes, universities and departments and providing access to vital and updated information on weather, farming technologies, fertilizers, livestocks, commodity prices and stock markets. Projects nominated for best government initiative in agriculture should bear in themselves a mark of sustainability.

The evaluation criteria is based on quality of vision of the projects, services, past work and implementations of technologies for the empowerment of livelihoods. Besides, the soundness of technology being used, scalability and sustainability and finally impact made on the citizen’s life are criteria for evaluation.

Selection Process for the Best Government Initiative in Agriculture

• Range of livelihoods who benefit from the initiative


• Flexibility of the initiative to be adopted for application elsewhere


• Geographical area covered


• Success of the initiative/project


• Positive impacts of the initiative/project on the livelihood of people


• Innovative use of ICT


• Efficacy of the initiative/project in terms of capacity building


• Sustainability of the project/initiative