-1- E - PURJEE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN BANGLADESH PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS BASED ON A 2011 STUDY OF E-PURJEE IN WEBSITES 1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1 Authorization of the Submission. Here is the Assignment of E- purjee and its implementation. The Assignment is submitted to Md. Ziaul Haque. And the assignment was authorized to submit in 2 March 2011. The work of this assignment was conducted by Md. Mohibur Rahman. 1.2 What is E-Purjee? Before we understand what is E- purjee we have to know the Traditional purjee or old purjee. The purjee refers the order paper of buying sugarcanes from farmers. “When the crushing procedure of the sugarcanes is started, the sugar mill corporate sends purjee to the sugarcane growers in line with the course of action. Within the three days from the moment the purjee is issued at the sugar mill, the farmers have to deliver the expected quantity of sugarcanes to the different purchasing centre of the sugar mill.”(Ref.). In purjee there is some information about farmers such as, names, address delivery amount of sugarcanes etc. from pre liberation war period to implementing period of E-purjee, the old purjee was used for sugar production. On the other hand, e-purjee technology is used. It combines the old purjee system with a S.M.S. based delivery notification. “The moment the purjee is issued; the visibility in the mobile phones of the farmers through the software of the sugar mills instantly is the epurjee. In other words, to deliver the information concerning purjee using the information Farmers is able to For getting the purjee in time. After getting the information about delivering Purjee through S. Farmers get the information about delivering purjee trough S.S. .-2- technology is known as e-purjee.M. Here the payment of farmers is assured. where previously it was not. In E-pujee the same information as old purjee.”(Ref. Here is the process of EPuree sending trough S.M. Farmers is able to deliver sugarcane to sugar mills timely start the activity of getting Sugarcane The process by which Purjee deliver advantage to both farmers and mill owners .M. to farmers mobile from sugar mill’s server.M. is stored in mills server.S.). the delivery notification is sent by S.S.S. The main difference is between old and E-purjee is that. The relationship among the sugarcanes farmers and Mill Corporation is complementary and mutual. in that day farmers of our country got acknowledgement of delivering them an electronic purjee system. education etc. address. our government is taking so many steps in agriculture. Because. date of the delivery and the amount of the sugarcanes. name.g. 17th November 2009 was the momentous day for her and us as well. healthcare. defined by government. After that many examination and test was done on the E – purjee system. For example the purjee was not used to reach to the farmers in time.” (Ref. And any farmer is registered in list. important information was not passed accurately. he would be provided by loan. Before. fertilizers etc in free of interest.m.s based. then the pilot project was . irrigation elements.”(Ref). Sugar Mills Corporation has to buy sugarcanes in predefined price.-3- 2. Not only farmers were facing problems but also mills owners were facing some problems. To achieve the mission to become prosperous nation. “To diminish the sufferings of the farmers Access to Information (A2I) Program at the Prime Minister's Office along with and funded by Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) under the Ministry of Industries and UNDP.) There was hand written purjee system for buying sugarcanes from farmers from pre liberation war period. The old system was lot of troubling for our sugar farmers. The system was mobile s. Such as. “In continuation to this. name of the unit and center. So if farmers are hampered the nations sugar production also hampered. mills owners did not get the delivery of sugarcanes in time.” (Ref). started the pilot project of e-purjee at the Faridpur and Moarakganj Sugar Mills. “The purjee contains the basic information of the sugarcane growers’ e. The Chief Minister of the Ministry of Industries selected the SMS based digital purjee service as a quick win. farmers suffered from many things for old purjee system. passbook no. the Prime Minister's Office assigned different Secretaries to mark a 'quick win' e-service/ project each which could be implicated within a year. and all agriculture elements such as.0 HISTORY OF E-PURJEE As our prime minister is opting to turn the governance and all system of our country in digital system. Panchagar.Field level trainers team formation for growers training (Service recipient) · · · Sep to Oct. 2009 . 2008 . Rajshahi. North Bengal. 2009 . 2010 .Training for the Trainers Teams (TOT) Oct. Shetabganj.Govt. Shampur. Kushtia. 2010 . development. Keru & Co. Jillbangla. testing and installation · Sep. The project was successful. Nator.Starting project operation and running till end of the crashing season · · · March. Jaypurhat. Rangpur. (BSFIC) ownership and up scaling decision July to Present Date . “These are the sequence through which the E – Purjee was implicated: · · · · · August. 2008 .Growers data collection July to Sep.MOU signing for Piloting at two sugar mills July. After that the E – purjee system was implicated on many places through the order of our honorable Prime Minister. design. · · Sep to Oct. 2009 . and Pabna sugar mill. 2009 .Implementation of the same system at all Sugar Mills in Bangladesh by BSFIC” (Ref.Software requirement study. Thakurgan. 2010 . .Conducting growers meeting at each center by the Teams Sep to Oct. 2009 .-4- started for success. 2009 .Training to the system user and data entry operators at Sugar Mill end. 2009 . analysis.).Idea sharing and Project Data Sheet (PDS) preparation October. Such as.Impact analysis June. 2009 .Field level workshops and exchange views with stakeholder June to August.Growers Data entry November to January. There are 80 to 120 units under each sugar mill. . different workshops. The separation was done to help farmers to make them work properly. under each sugar mill. CDA. leader of the farmers.-5- 3. The farmers ware divided into different unit and groups in different zones. So our prime minister got inspiration to order the rest mills of sugar to implement the e. PM inaugurates e-Purjee system. The centers and units are important for e-purjee system. In each unit there are 100 to 200 farmers. high-ranked officials from the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC). etc. the sufferings of the traditional purjee system. A center in charge performs all administrative works. The benefits of e-purjee service. as in each centers the process of buying and selling are done.purjee system smoothly different task is being done. To start the e. Such as raising inspiration among the farmer.purjee system.purjee implementation was very successful. Centre-in-charge and lots of other people were present. the sugarcane growers. necessary hardware and software installation. “In these workshops. officials from the local sugar mill. To supervise a unit there is cane development assistant (CDA).0 PRESENT CONDITION The pilot project of e. The implementation process was helped by Access to information program (A21) technically and UNDP financially in Prime minister office. Training of Trainers (ToT). A workshop was arranged before implementing the e.purjee system in each sugar mill. A center is constructed by two or tree units. other trainings. Mr. to give inspiration to them.”(ref). To run the hardware. “After the successful set up of the server. how to be sure f its being from the sugar mill. "We provided trainng to all the members of the 80 teams of the 80 units of the 11 sub-districts in the districts of Faridpur.5 lac farmers was trained for using the epujee system in whole country. internet service was provided to build server in each sugar mill.-6- and the vision of the Govt. what information are provided in the SMS and so forth. “A CDA and a leader of the farmers are trained from each unit to concern all the sugarcane growers about the e-purjee service. In addition. The A21 and BSFIC helped a jointly to train the farmers by dividing the farmers into different teams. Totally about 1. training of trainer has been arranged. we also distributed liflets in all the ouses and put banners and posters in places which added to its charm in the public"” (Ref). scanner. Rajbari.g. Then the CDA trained each farmers of his center to provide all required knowledge about e-purjee and inspired all farmers to take this service. Amzad Hossain stating his experience at the field level said. are presented to the farmers in light of the success of last year’s pilot project in the two sugar mills.purjee. Sugarcane farmers having a Workshop Every sugar mill of our country has a server now. Magura and Gopalganj. what to do after receiving the SMS. computer. printer. All facility such as. the meaning of the SMS. Monirul Islam. all the relevant information of the enlisted farmers (e.”(Ref). The benefited farmers described to those who did not take the system yet. “The General Manager (extended) of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation. In Prime Minister Office the hardware was given by A21 and the software was developed by A21’s web developer Mr. . To ensure that farmers get the proper knowledge about e. etc. software was installed. name of the unit. notify farmers and delivering them important information’s about e-purjee. The key planer of the e-purjee system and implementation was Md. it . It brought honor for Bangladesh in South Asian region through this award. etc. Three operators were appointed in each sugar mill to do administrative works. Iyahiya Mia.) was saved in the server” (Ref). He is the one who directed the all program of this system such as. quantity of the cultivated sugarcane.”” (Ref). And the award was received on Along with this. ToT. name of the centre. E –purjee service takers are keeping all important information Mr. as they can perform their task. Director of the BSFIC (sugarcane and research). so the thought of solving the matter through SMS based mobile service to send purjee rang a bell and we started to work on it. “About the initiative of the e-purjee sevice he says. which recognizes technology solution and empowerment. workshops etc. The operators was trained is such a way. The E.purjee system got south Asian Recognition also. The entire world is developing smoothly using the Information technology. It got the manthan award. Both the farmers and the sugar mill corporation had to undergo the losses. "The farmers had to suffer a lot in the traditional purjee system. Forhad Zahid was the team leader of E-Purjee system implementation and A21 program.-7- name. mobile number. Regarding that we have been thinking what could be done to ensure the purjee to the farmers in an easier way. address. passbook number. The Nominees of Manthan Award 2010 in Which E.Purjee got Award . Information and Communication Technology.-8- has also achieved the national award in the e-inclusion and livelihood category. a private corporation for development organized this award program in assistance with the Ministry of Science. in the "ICT award for e-content and development-2010". D-net. They are: o Some Farmers have no mobile set. o Some farmers don’t know how to read and write.ms. o The S. . it is little difficult for him to read the E.purjee system has also some problem.purjee s.S is not in Bangla form.-9- 4. they have to have a mobile set.0 PROBLEM OF E-PURJEE Nothing is plainly correct in this world. where E-purjee was implemented. E.m. o Network problem may arise to some of the villages.M. but to get E.purjee confirmation s. So.s. Every thing has some problem. By the help of information technology sugar mills can send purjee. Farmer Get S.M.m. . As they get the notification of payment through s.S. and deliver Sugarcane Their remains no uncertainty that purjee will not reach to each farmers.M. without fieldworkers.S that. but previously they got it through neighbors or others farmers. then go to mills. as they get purjee before 3 days of delivering. it can notify farmers trough S.0 PROSPECTS AND ADVANTAGES OF E-PURJEE Thoough E-purjee has some problems but the advantage of E-purjee is lot more than its problems. They are: Farmers don’t have to wait for purjee.s. not to notify. The time for the purjee in E-purjee system is very less. There are lots of advantages of e-purjee.. Because in purjee system farmers get the purjee directly to themselves. Farmers get their money properly.10 - 5. where previous days it would not happened. So we should accept the system to make the sugar production efficient and effective. Farmers get enough time to cultivate canes. They continue their normal work and then when they get sms they just deliver sugarcanes. If any accidental case occurs in sugar mills. The new e-purjee system is now showing us that.. Bangladesh may fulfil internal demand of agriculture foods in near future. So Production efficiency will increase. and some of agricultural food to international world. Some of them are: Lot of farmers will be interested to cultivate Sugarcane. it may give us bright future prospect. As Purjee is deliver according to sugarcane need and after the receiving of purjee farmars start the activity of cultivating sugarcanes. E-Purjee will encourage scientist and government to invent new types of technology. .1 Expected Upcoming Prospects E-Purjee has lessened the suffering of farmers now. So we can expect in future Bangladesh will export sugar. So in future no sugarcane will be damaged.11 - 5. sugarcanes. The successful system will encourage other sectors of agriculture to turn itself digital. As the process is speedy and money payment is assured. It bought so many advantages to sugarcane farmers and sugar mill producers. So in the Conclusion part I would give some suggestions.S. which can be taken by the developers of e-purjee system. - .M. can be sent in Bangla form.. Complementary assets. where the sugar and sugarcane production are done. such as. These are mentioned below: Government can give financial help to each farmer for buying mobile with sim connection. delivery trucks. machinery etc can be provided to farmers to make the purjee system more efficient.12 - 6.0 RECOMMENDATION After seeing the above situation of E-Purjee we can say that it is giving lots of benefit to farmers. But it has some obstruction to overcome. The “gonoshikhha karjokrom” can be implemented for the farmer of sugarcane for doing their work in collaboration with sugar mills. The S. Telecommunications and network provider should be ordered to improve network to that area. Some times they unfortunately got purjee very lately.13 - 7. our country will become a self dependent country in near future. But all of this disadvantages has recovered by Epurjee system. BSFIC worked together with farmers. then deliver all right amount of sugarcane timely. If the government make the system more effective and efficient and implement this kind of Information Technology for Agriculture. A21. Thus lots of sugar used to damage. Now farmers just get s. and some farmers didn’t got payment in time.m.. .s. So by this system both farmers and sugar mills get benefited. They arranged lots of training program and workshops to make the farmers known to epurjee system.0 CONCLUSIONS E. which gained honor for Bangladesh. The system acquired some award in south Asian region. E-Purjee has some problem but the advantages and future prospects of it is lot more then the problems. 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