Farmer Information Network (FarmNet)

The Communication for Development Group, Extension, Education and Communication Service (SDRE) and the Research and Technology Development Service (SDRR), in collaboration with the World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) Outreach Programme, are pleased to present two concept models for using the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) for agricultural and rural development.

One of the concept models, the Farmer Information Network (FarmNet), is a network of rural people supported by intermediary organizations such as extension services, which use ICTs and conventional media to facilitate the generation, collation and exchange of knowledge and information for improved livelihoods. FAO recently completed a feasability study to establish FarmNet with the Uganda National Farmers' Association.

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