MEC Monitoring of Ministry Anti-Corruption plans: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock, 2018

MEC review found that the Ministry (acronym MAIL) had not conducted a formal corruption risk assessment to identify the vulnerabilities and risks. The MAIL ACP has three objectives2 and thirteen activities. Of the 13 activities, only two have been fully implemented, namely creating a Farmer Call Center and creating a digital library. The following eight activities lack SMART-tasted indicators, therefore, measurement for implementation of these activities remains uncertain. They are listed as: Asset management in MAIL through M-Pulse Database, Designing and implementing Procurement Management System, Identifying G.P.S points for every implemented project, Designing and implementing a control system for documents in the Minister’s office, Designing and implementing an IT Help Desk , Activating Cisco phones for 7 MAIL branches, Registering MAIL’s fixed assets, and Completing verification of usurped MAIL properties. One activity of the Ministry’s ACP, “Designing and implementing a transport management system,” had been implemented in 2016. This activity was still considered in the 2017 ACP, but without considering the remaining percentage of its development. Meanwhile, some activities of the ACP have no direct relation to tackling or preventing corruption in the Ministry, e.g., establishing a Farmer Call Center. However, MEC acknowledges that the Call Center may provide some opportunity for individuals to identify suspected cases of corruption.