Thomas BurgessTrueValueMetrics.orgUnited States of America
Dear Colleagues There are many people and organizations doing good work in all areas of socio-economic development ... Simon Stumpf talks of some 2,500 social entrepreneurs in total and hundreds in rural development ... but I would argue that the numbers we do not know about are a lot bigger than those we know about. But it is worse ... there are a huge number of people that with a modest level of technical, monetary and practical assistance that would become entrepreneurs and make a huge socio-economic difference for themselves and for their communities. What we are trying to do with Community Analytics (CA) is to start looking at the community and what is going on in the community ... what could go on in the community ... and what organizations are in place to help with the needed interventions. CA has a community focus with the priorities defined by the community ... and the interventions driven by the community. CA does little more than (1) serve as a scorekeeping and (2) serve to collect and compile performance stats ... rather like any sports game of any importance! Peter [quote="simon.stumpf"] Hello! My name is Simon Stumpf and I work for Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. We boast the world's largest network of leading social entrepreneurs - 2,500 total and hundreds doing innovative work in rural development. I am currently working with my colleagues in Sub Saharan Africa and India to find 100 new "Ashoka Fellows" with cutting edge and systems-changing new ideas in rural innovation and farming. If you are a social entrepreneur with a big, bold new idea or know someone who is, I'd love to hear from you! Please email me at [email protected]. Thanks! Simon [/quote]
Hi everyone, I am Francisco del Pozo. an Agricultral Economist from the Foreign Agricultural Service of USDA and former staff member of e-agriculture innitiative in Rome (2007-2009). During my experience in FAO researching about the role of ICTs supporting the economic growth of small and medium agriculture producing organizations in the Andean region. I have developed a keen interest in the the use of ICT to faciilitate the dessimination of information to farmers in order to improve agricultural productivity and capacity building . Currently as part of the Office of Global Analysis; we are interested in to see what ideas will be expressed in the forum
Hi, my name is Ameha Woubishet and I am from Ethiopia. I work as a lecturer in the department of Information Systems in Haramaya University, one of the best agricultural universities in Africa. I have a bsc degree in Agricultural Extension and Msc degree in Information Science. I am hoping i will get more information about my proposal for a project on ICT adoption for Agriculture in Ethiopia. cheers
Olalekan Rahman OguntadeNigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Lagos, NigeriaNigeria
[quote="Lisa-Cespedes"] Dear Participants, please tell us a bit about yourselves here. [/quote] I am Olalekan Rahman Oguntade, a principal Research officer with the Fish Technology/Biotechnology Department of the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Reseach, Lagos, Nigeria. I presently hold a Masters Degree in Zoology(Fisheries) with special interest in Fish Biotechnology with a PhD degree in Cell Biology and Genetics in view from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. My current research interest is in molecular characterisation of fin and shell fishes.
Hi, everyone. My name is Manuel Cervantes. Master in Agricultural Economics. I an academic professional working on food security and farming system in Nicaragua at the National University. I am interested in working with ICT from the University to improve agricultural prodiction in business crops.
[quote="Lisa-Cespedes"] Dear Participants, please tell us a bit about yourselves here. [/quote] I am Zainul from Bangladesh.Working as technology transfer person. I find this discussion very useful for evaluation and formulation of ICT interventions for agricultural value chains. I welcome all participants for their enthusiastic contributions.
[quote="Lisa-Cespedes"] Dear Participants, please tell us a bit about yourselves here. [/quote] I am Julito Aligaen from the Philippines, a freelance researcher on Climate Change for Education, ICT for Education, ICT for Development, curriculum developer and Workshop Facilitation.
Hello everyone. I am Holly Ladd with the AED-SATELLIFE Center for Health Information and Technology. We have been using ICT for health projects for over 20 years and are currently developing solutions for mobile data collection and information dissemination. I have a ken interest in ensuring that we are developing complementary, interoperable open source solutions for cross sector work. I fear that we will all stay in our silos and that this will cost far more money and pain for those implementing on the community level. I am here to learn about what is happening in this sector. I live in the US. We work globally.
Dear Colleagues There are many people and organizations doing good work in all areas of socio-economic development ... Simon Stumpf talks of some 2,500 social entrepreneurs in total and hundreds in rural development ... but I would argue that the numbers we do not know about are a lot bigger than those we know about. But it is worse ... there are a huge number of people that with a modest level of technical, monetary and practical assistance that would become entrepreneurs and make a huge socio-economic difference for themselves and for their communities. What we are trying to do with Community Analytics (CA) is to start looking at the community and what is going on in the community ... what could go on in the community ... and what organizations are in place to help with the needed interventions. CA has a community focus with the priorities defined by the community ... and the interventions driven by the community. CA does little more than (1) serve as a scorekeeping and (2) serve to collect and compile performance stats ... rather like any sports game of any importance! Peter [quote="simon.stumpf"] Hello! My name is Simon Stumpf and I work for Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. We boast the world's largest network of leading social entrepreneurs - 2,500 total and hundreds doing innovative work in rural development. I am currently working with my colleagues in Sub Saharan Africa and India to find 100 new "Ashoka Fellows" with cutting edge and systems-changing new ideas in rural innovation and farming. If you are a social entrepreneur with a big, bold new idea or know someone who is, I'd love to hear from you! Please email me at [email protected]. Thanks! Simon [/quote]
I am Felix Bareeba a professor of animal science, Department of animal science, Makerere University.
My name is Mr. Alasow, I am a last year Master Degree student from Kasetsart in Thailand, doing Development Communication. My Thesis is on Rural ICT.
Hi everyone, I am Francisco del Pozo. an Agricultral Economist from the Foreign Agricultural Service of USDA and former staff member of e-agriculture innitiative in Rome (2007-2009). During my experience in FAO researching about the role of ICTs supporting the economic growth of small and medium agriculture producing organizations in the Andean region. I have developed a keen interest in the the use of ICT to faciilitate the dessimination of information to farmers in order to improve agricultural productivity and capacity building . Currently as part of the Office of Global Analysis; we are interested in to see what ideas will be expressed in the forum
Hi, my name is Ameha Woubishet and I am from Ethiopia. I work as a lecturer in the department of Information Systems in Haramaya University, one of the best agricultural universities in Africa. I have a bsc degree in Agricultural Extension and Msc degree in Information Science. I am hoping i will get more information about my proposal for a project on ICT adoption for Agriculture in Ethiopia. cheers
[quote="Lisa-Cespedes"] Dear Participants, please tell us a bit about yourselves here. [/quote] I am Olalekan Rahman Oguntade, a principal Research officer with the Fish Technology/Biotechnology Department of the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Reseach, Lagos, Nigeria. I presently hold a Masters Degree in Zoology(Fisheries) with special interest in Fish Biotechnology with a PhD degree in Cell Biology and Genetics in view from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. My current research interest is in molecular characterisation of fin and shell fishes.
Hi, everyone. My name is Manuel Cervantes. Master in Agricultural Economics. I an academic professional working on food security and farming system in Nicaragua at the National University. I am interested in working with ICT from the University to improve agricultural prodiction in business crops.
[quote="Lisa-Cespedes"] Dear Participants, please tell us a bit about yourselves here. [/quote] I am Zainul from Bangladesh.Working as technology transfer person. I find this discussion very useful for evaluation and formulation of ICT interventions for agricultural value chains. I welcome all participants for their enthusiastic contributions.
[quote="Lisa-Cespedes"] Dear Participants, please tell us a bit about yourselves here. [/quote] I am Julito Aligaen from the Philippines, a freelance researcher on Climate Change for Education, ICT for Education, ICT for Development, curriculum developer and Workshop Facilitation.
Hello everyone. I am Holly Ladd with the AED-SATELLIFE Center for Health Information and Technology. We have been using ICT for health projects for over 20 years and are currently developing solutions for mobile data collection and information dissemination. I have a ken interest in ensuring that we are developing complementary, interoperable open source solutions for cross sector work. I fear that we will all stay in our silos and that this will cost far more money and pain for those implementing on the community level. I am here to learn about what is happening in this sector. I live in the US. We work globally.