Submitting Good and Promising Practices in ICTs for Agriculture
In submitting a good or promising practices endeavor to meet the following minimum requirements
- Use of the good practices template
- Between 2,000 and 4,000 words
- Submissions can be in any of the FAO languages
- Submissions should be written in plain, concise language, and in a style that is accessible and meaningful to all readers and including non-scientists.
- Terms that may be unfamiliar to readers should be defined and explained the first time they appear.
- Every submission should contain 2 or 3 high-resolution pictures. Each picture needs to indicate copyright and a caption. It is the responsibility of the submitter to clear and provide evidence of authorization to use the photo(s)
- Logos used in the document should also be cleared for use in the final publication
- All citations and work of other authors should be referenced at the end of the document. Bibliographical references should include name of author(s), year of publication, title, place of publication and publisher (for books), journal title, volume and pages (for articles). The names of all authors of a work should be given in references. Where there are more than three authors in the reference, abbreviate to et al. in the text (but not in the reference). The name of the author is to be followed by the initials of the first name(s), year of publication, title of the document, journal or any other publication in which it appeared, name of the editor and number of pages. If the document is part of a collection, the title should be quoted in brackets at the end of the reference. If the document is also available on the Internet, the Internet address may follow the reference ("also available at www...").
Contact details for the author
The main author of the good or promising practice must submit the following information together with the template.
Name and Last name:
Address:
Country:
E-mail address:
Telephone number:
Photo:
Short bio (10 lines max):
Experience capitalization and Good or Promising Practices
Experience capitalization, or “systematization” is an iterative process through which an experience (with its successes and failures) is identified, valued and documented in various media. This systematic process will allow learning of lessons and identification of good practices. Thanks to this approach, the practice can change and improve and may thereafter be adopted by others. (FAO, 2013)
A good practice is not only a practice that is good, but also one that has been proven to work well and produce good results in different settings or contexts, and is therefore recommended as a model. It is a successful experience that has been tested and validated, in the broad sense, has been repeated and deserves to be shared, so that a greater number of people can adopt it. (FAO, 2016)
A promising practice has demonstrated a high degree of success in its single setting, and the possibility of replication in the same setting is guaranteed. It has generated some quantitative data showing positive outcomes over a period of time. A promising practice has the potential to become a good practice, but it has not been thoroughly analysed nor has it been replicated sufficiently to support wider adoption or upscaling. As such, a promising practice incorporates a process of continuous learning and improvement. (FAO, 2016)
For more information on experience capitalization and good practices the participants can refer to the following e-learning course and documents:
- Experience Capitalization for Continuous Learning – e-Learning course
- Concept note: Good practices at FAO: Experience capitalization for continuous learning