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ICTs - transforming agricultural extension?
WICC / CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
23 - 25 September 2003
Objectives and expected outputs

 

Objectives:

  • To establish an inventory and state-of-the art assessment on the use of ICTs in agricultural extension, including a collection of success stories and good practice examples from ACP countries;
  • To assess the role and potential of modern ICTs in the context of changing paradigms and emerging new actors for agricultural extension;
  • To identify challenges and constraints to the greater use of ICTs in agricultural extension, and to show ways of overcoming these constraints;
  • To identify common principles and develop a framework for applying ICTs for improved pro-poor extension
  • To identify implications for CTA's priorities and future interventions.

Expected outputs:

  • A report of the pre-meeting e-consultations;
  • Four country case studies, and 3-4 case studies of promising initiatives;
  • A background paper outlining the issues and recent research findings;
  • A framework or set of common principles for the use of ICTs in agricultural extension;
  • Recommendations for CTA;
  • A meeting report summarizing the discussions, conclusions and recommendations;
  • A CTA Highlights publication combining the background material, results of the pre-meeting e-discussions, and the meeting report;
  • Excerpts and summaries of the workshop proceedings suitable for publication in Spore, ICT Update and CTA's annual report.
 
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