The Mauritius Cane Industry Authority (MCIA) is a public owned body that monitors and coordinates all activities relating to cane industry in Mauritius. The MCIA promotes the development of the cane sector in Mauritius and its clusters through systematic policy measures, creating an enabling environment with innovative and efficient services, research and development, technology transfer and value addition to meet current and future challenges.
Over the past few years several plots of land have been abandoned by small planters of sugarcane given the decrease in increase in competitors on the global market. The MCIA set out an objective for the organisation to Identify these abandoned lands so that they can be re-purposed.
In partnership with nVisionIT, the MCIA implemented a web-based GIS and EDMS platform that enables real-time mapping and visualization of over 50,000 plots of cane land, centralized access to ownership, lease, and cultivation records and identification and repurposing of abandoned lands.
This system supports strategic decision-making and enhances accountability in land allocation and usage.
Over the past few years several plots of land have been abandoned by small planters of sugarcane given the decrease in increase in competitors on the global market. The MCIA set out an objective for the organisation to Identify these abandoned lands so that they can be re-purposed.
In partnership with nVisionIT, the MCIA implemented a web-based GIS and EDMS platform that enables real-time mapping and visualization of over 50,000 plots of cane land, centralized access to ownership, lease, and cultivation records and identification and repurposing of abandoned lands.
This system supports strategic decision-making and enhances accountability in land allocation and usage.
Project Details
Client: Mauritius Cane Industry Authority
Online: www.mcia.mu
As part of this mandate, the MCIA and nVisionIT successfully developed a web based real-time GIS system which would allow them to record data related to plots of land belonging to sugarcane planters. The purpose of the system is to visually identify the physical and exact geographical location of each plot of land and to maintain/update the status of the land.
This system helps the MCIA play a vital role in sustaining Mauritius’s agro-industrial economy by ensuring the viability of smallholder cane planters, facilitating land optimization amid global market pressures and supporting national food security and rural development goals.