Southern African Development Community

Agricultural Information Management Systems (AIMS)

The Agricultural Information Management System main development agenda is to provide planners and policy makers easy access to information necessary for revitalizing agricultural and natural resources growth, enhancing food security and promoting rural development. Consequently, activities under the programme includes, firstly the development of networks for timely collection of information for early warning of disasters, vulnerability assessments, food security and monitoring of weather patterns in the region; secondly, the establishment of an effective monitoring system for implementing both the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) and the Dar-es-Salaam Extra-Ordinary Summit Declaration and Plan of Action on Agriculture and Food Security; and thirdly, the establishment of a Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources’ integrated database and Networks in the SADC region.