Design and development of the web-based information system of Agricultural Markets and Agribusiness Development Project (PDMAS)
Country: Senegal
Client: PDMAS
Year: 2010

Main technologies:
PHP, Javascript, Perl, HTML, CSS, Ext JS 3, Zend Framework, Worpress, Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, PHP Unit, JMeter, iReport, MySQL, Linux, SVG, ArcGIS. Also, the system was integrated with existing technologies (financial system – “TomPro”).
Description:
The PDMAS aims to create favourable conditions for the emergence of modern and competitive agriculture. It allows economic operators and small producers to position themselves effectively on high-value-added national and international markets. PDMAS comprises the following components: better marketing conditions, promotion/development of private irrigation, support for the competitiveness of agricultural products, land security and access to financing. The Information system developed for PDMAS included modules for:
- Sub-projects module (for all projects financed by the PDMAS: approval process, description of beneficiaries, indicators, documents, environmental impacts, etc.)
- Design of operational/functional structure of the programme (components, activities, sub-activities, tasks), Design of strategic structure of the programme (objectives, outcomes, outputs), monitoring of outcome and output indicators,
- Operational planning, resources allocation
- Comparison of the actual impact against with initial targets and budget/disbursement of funds
- Procurement process management (tenders, evaluation of proposals, suppliers management, etc.)
- Other smaller modules for management of: documents, contacts, infrastructures, workshops, training, etc.
- Reports and geographic viewer
Nature of the services provided :
- Licence for Prome Web
- Preliminary study workshop: Business analysis (needs study), Development of the System Design Document for both modules, preparation of mock-ups and data models
- Development of the M&E information system based on Prome Web and customized with additional modules
- Data integration (master data, excel databases, users/profiles and geographic data)
- Integration with financial system – “TomPro”
- Quality assurance and testing
- Preparation of releases
- Provision of training manuals and user guides
- Provision of technical documentation
- Web hosting
- Help desk support
- Training of 30 users
- Development of the Website of PDMAS (with WordPress): www.pdmas.org