InnovGreen: Q&A
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
5 target regions in Vietnam for our project
Young Yang, our contact from Flow, Inc. in Taiwan, has been a big help in translating our communication with Vietnam from English to Chinese, which is the language of choice for Forestry Department manager, Mr. Chu.
Our last two conversations have uncovered a crucial piece of information: that the forest inspectors will be the ones operating the mobile phones in remote, deforested regions of Vietnam, not the famers. Here are some key Q&A’s (Chinese translation included!):
Background questions: 問題背景：
* Where are the regions in Vietnam this system will be used? 該系統將于越南何省實施？
Kontum
Lang son
Nghe An
Quang Nam
Quang Ninh
* What is cell phone connectivity like in those areas? 這些地方手機訊號如何？
- Poor in forestation areas
- Normal cell phone coverage in district down town
- Acceptable in province central town. In Ha long and Kontum there is GPRS service
User-interface design questions: 關於介面設計之問題：
* What is the literacy rate of farmers in Vietnam? 越南農民之文盲比率？
- 93% overall country, but in remote where IG plan to have land, the rate is about 8x% only.
* Will the farmers have to upload the data to a computer or will someone else do this for them? 農民他們要自己將數據上傳電腦還是其他人幫他們做？
- IG forest staffs will do that
* How often do farmers use the internet, if at all? 農民網絡使用頻率如何？（若有）
- rarely at commune post office
Any other UI requirements please specify here. 若有其他關於介面之要求，請闡明：
- Vietnamese and Chinese UI as a customisation.
Operational sustainability: 永久性操作
* From where do you recruit the farmers? 你們從哪招聘農民？
- from plantation surrounding communes either directly or indirectly through contractors
* Who is the contact person communicating with the farmers? Where does this person reside? 誰直接與農民溝通？該人住址？
- IG forestry staffs, they stay in temporary offices nearby to the plantation areas
* What is the current process for farmers to show that they have fertilized an assigned location? 農民在指定之土地上之施肥流程如何？
- Contractors distribute the fertilizer to farmers-workers at morning and take back the empty package by the end of working day
Project Timeline: 項目計劃之時間：
10/22: Initial System Design 系統之初步設計
11/01: Financial & Operational Sustainability Analysis 財政與操作永久性分析
11/19: Mid-project report 中期項目報告
12/03: Working demo 試運行
12/10: Final presentation 驗收報告
