Agricultural Extension Transforming ICTs?: Championing Universal Access
Background paper for CTA's ICT Observatory 2003
Dr. Don Richardson, paper (159 kb)

23 September, Public session

Welcome by Carl B. Greenidge, paper (13 kb)

ICTs and rural development - handmaid or mirage?
(Carl B. Greenidge) paper (31 kb)

Demand-driven extension - challenges for extension managers and policy makers (Clive Lightfoot)
paper (38 kb)

ICTs in agricultural extension - overview and focus on regulatory issues (Don Richardson)
presentation (20 kb)

Regional overview Africa (Joseph Kiplang'at)
paper (85 kb), presentation (114 kb)

Regional overview Pacific (Siosiua Halavatau)
paper (42 kb), presentation (364 kb)

Regional overview Caribbean (Dunstan Campbell)
paper (35 kb)

24 September: Focus on country level experiences

General outline, presentation (37 kb)

Country case study: Nigeria (Tunji Arokoyo)
paper (112 kb), presentation (25 kb)

Country case study: Uganda (Joseph Oryokot)
paper (87 kb), presentation (37 kb)

Country case study: Trinidad (Joseph Seepersad)
paper (93 kb), presentation (104 kb)

Country case study: Fiji (Kamlesh Prakash)
paper (57 kb), presentation (198 kb)

Country case study: India (Ajit Maru)
paper (45 kb), presentation (776 kb)

24 September: Focus on technologies

Technology options (Kevin Painting)
pdf file (374 kb)

MANOBI - Market information through mobile telephony/Internet linkages (Daniel Annerose)
presentation (1.8 Mb)

RUN - The Rural Universe Network, combining e-mail, Internet and CD_ROM (Marc Bernard)
presentation (1.9 Mb)

25 September: Focus on actors and partnerships

Gender, ICTs and agricultural extension (Clare O'Farrell)
presentation (136 kb)

JAMEX, a public-private partnership (Huntley Manhertz)
paper (159 kb), presentation (270 kb)

Linking agricultural research and rural radio (John Atibila)
paper (102 kb), presentation (255 kb)

VERCON, FAO's Virtual Extension-Reserach Communication Network (Clare O'Farrell)
presentation (676 kb)

Intégration d'Internet et des NTIC dans les systèmes de communication et d'information utilisés par les organisations paysannes en Afrique de l'Ouest (Ibrahim Tiemogo, Gilles Mersadier)

paper (30 kb)

Production of agricultural video's (Vilikesa Green)
paper (65 kb)

25 September: Building the framework

Results of the e-discussions (Desta Bokre)
presentation (15 kb)

Introductions

ICT Observatory 2003: ICTs - transforming agricultural extension?
Announcement / Outline
August 2003, 5 pages
Format: pdf file (45 kb)

ICTs - transforming agricultural extension?
An e-discussion
August 2003, 2 pages
Format: pdf file (130 kb)

See also
iNARS - "e-Development at the Grassroots"
An International Workshop Organized by ISNAR and IICD
The Hague, 16-18 December 2002