Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade Geo-Spatial Platform

Established in 2019, as a focused platform intended to support the establishment of a food security portal for the country. The Ministry of Supply & Internal Trade Geo-Spatial Platform, has four main components:
• MSIT Information Portal is a platform for the identification of geographical locations that need to be nurtured, with the associated indicators related to the mapping of supply and demand of the public spread across the country to ensure sustainability of the food security system. The portal highlights the locations of critical MSIT assets such as grain silos, bakeries, citizens' service centers, ration distribution shops, etc. MSIT assets were represented on a geospatial map to visualize their geographical distribution and their location data was linked with their primary data such as description, type, capacity, operator, and so forth.
• Field Data Collection Mobile Application is a system aiming to collect indicators from the field to help monitor the food security system and ensure the delivery of needed food rations to the public. Access to the data collection forms was granted to local offices to ensure that MSIT data is continuously updated.
• MSIT Operations Dashboards present key indicators pertaining to MSIT in an easy and comprehensive manner for the decision makers. The dashboards included strategic commodities indicators, highlighting data related to strategic wheat storage within each governorate, presenting storage capacity within each locality compared with existing stocks stored and the minimum mandatory threshold.
• MSIT Public Application is directed to serving citizens in locating the nearest facility that can provide them with services.