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eSubsidy – An Overview
This voucher is designed to support small-scale, current farmers who are mainly farming to feed their own households.
Project Information
General Information | Detail |
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Solution Name | eSubsidy |
Deployment Country | Kenya |
Training Material | Training material can be found Here |
Farmer Database Template Example | eSubsidy Upload File Formats |
Technical Information
Technical Information | Detail |
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Helium/Journey | Helium |
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Support Levels and Roles
First Line Support | Details | |
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1st Line Support Contact Details | ||
When do I contact My First Line Support | Follow this link for details on your support lines Support Procedures and Levels |
Communication Materail
FAQ's
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1. | What is the Agriculture Value Chain Support Program(AVSP)? | It is a National program which aims at supporting all farming households with access to a wide range of agriculture based services. |
2. | Who qualifies for the farm inputs under the e-voucher system? | A duly registered farmer and one who is engaged in the production activities of the targeted crop within the target county |
3. | How do I register? | Register at your local chief |
4. | Do I need to pay for registration as a farmer? | No. Registration as a farmer is free. |
5. | How does a farmer get the e-voucher? | Once the program begins, registered farmers will receive the e-Voucher via SMS on their registered mobile number. |
6. | What inputs and quantities are in the e-voucher? | Farmers will be guided on the wide range of inputs and their considered quantities |
7. | What is the farmer contribution in the e-voucher | The government is providing a subsidy amount whereas the farmer provides KSh. 3500 per bag with an exception of 1 type of bag which goes for KSH. 4050. The farmer will be required to have loaded their cost of the input in their mobile money account for transactions below KSH. 300,000. The farmers can also pay via Paybill whereby the till number is 4101401 and the account number will be the voucher code they have been issued.Once the details are put in correctly and they pay for the amount stated they are able to redeem the voucher. For transactions above KSH. 300,000 the farmers will deposit their cost of input to the Kenya National Trading Corporation KCB Account, account details:
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8. | As a selected farmer where do I get the farm inputs from? | You can get the farm inputs from any of the nearest e-voucher pre-qualified redemption points in your county. |
9. | How a voucher is retrieved if it is lost | Farmers will be able to send “Resend” to a short-code to retrieve it. The short code number is 27070. |
10. | Voucher validity period | Change how long the voucher expires. Suggested period is 30 days instead of 7 days. |
11. | If the voucher expires before redemption. | If the voucher expires before redemption they can receive another |
12. | Report for all payments that have been redeemed in a station | Voucher redemption report under finance manager for your own Location |
13. | Printable transaction details after redemption | Report is to have a print button before finalising the redemption on the web user side |
14. | Separation of functions between Mombasa depot and the rest of the depots | Since they both share stock manager roles only the Mombasa depot can manage stock items and manage stock locations The rest should only be able to Capture, view, transfer stock and stock recon. |
15. | What do i do if a voucher was redeemed but i do not have stock for that voucher? | When such a case occurs, as an initiator Click on more then select the Voucher menu. On the Voucher menu Click on Voucher transaction status check Once on the voucher menu, when you put in the phone number of the farmer as well as the voucher code that has been redeemed, you are able to see the change product button as seen below.
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16 | I find the error below when I Open my helium page . | 1.kindly refresh your page. |
17 | I forgot my helium password and I get the error below when I try login in. | kindly enter your mobile number beginning with country code followed by nine digits and click on "recover your password" Step 1. Step 2. After keying in your mobile number click on "reset password" new password will be send to your mobile number. |