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CTA support for rural telecentres in Africa |
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Koda Traoré introduces the three priorities that CTA will follow to support rural telecentres in Africa: First, capacity strengthening to manage telecentres. Second, sensitize ICT policy planners regarding the important role of telecentres. Third, support existing telecentres to become more sustainable. See also http://www.share4dev.info/telecentres Interview by Peter Ballantyne, June 2009 |
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Only Connect? Content and people are critical |
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Peter Walton, agricultural information consultant from Australia, reflects on the CTA-organized session 'Only Connct' at the Japan congress. He worries that thecontent and the people are likely to be overlooked in the enthusiasm for the technologies. Interview by Pier Andrea Pirani |
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Only connect? Practical solutions from the Caribbean |
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Telojo Onu (CAFAN) explores the issue e-agriculture and ICTs. In her perspective, it is important to clearly define what the “E” stands for. For her, “E” first of all stands for ‘enable’, and ICTs are just tools that help people deliver different types of processes. Further, she presents the experience of CAFAN in the Agritalk project, where the farmer association has partnered with phone operators and other service providers to come up with communication solutions that work for the users. |
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SARNISSA - Réseaux de Recherche en Aquaculture Durable en Afrique Sub-saharienne |
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Montpellier, 27 April 2010. Olivier Mikolasek (CIRAD) introduces the experience of SARNISSA, the Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub Saharan Africa, explaining what the project is about and how it uses new social web tools to support its goals and objectives. See more at www.iaald.org |
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Reflecting on the outcomes of the IAALD 2010 World Congress |
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Montpellier, 29 April 2010. Jean-François Giovannetti (Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes, France) is the chairman of the Programme Committee for the 2010 IAALD Congress. He reflects on the outcomes of the congress and 2 of the main messages that emerged form it.See more at www.iaald.org |
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LEISA Magazine: Achievements and challenges in documenting rural agricultural experiences |
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Montpellier, 29 April 2010. Jorge Chevez Tafur (ILEIA) presents the LISA magazine, it's objectives, achievenements and lessons learned in capturing and documenting experiences of small and sustainable agriculture.See more at www.iaald.org |
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Technological changes will enable greater accessibility |
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Fedro Zazueta from the University of Florida reflects on incremental technological developments and their role in enhancing information accessibility. |
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Edgardo Herbosa on ICTs and Agriculture at WITFOR 2007 |
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Interview by Peter Ballantyne |
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IFPRI's Use of Web 2.0 |
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Luz Marina Alvare of the International Food Policy Research Institute relfects on the differences between generations of researchers and the impacts of these on their information-seeking behaviours. |
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Introducing Agrifeeds to aggregate agricultural information |
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Gauri Salokhe introduces the new aggregation service at www.agrifeeds.org |
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