Question 1: Why are national e-agriculture strategies (also referred to as “ICT for agriculture strategies” or “cyber-strategies for agriculture”) needed for the agricultural sector to fully realize the benefits of ICTs?
Yes, the e-agri strategies have been adopted in both countries. Not sure at what stage of implementation any of these countries are. We have our CODIST III session/conference next week and hopefully we will have updates from the focal points attending.
Just a quick comment on access to e-strategies documents.
Most governments, especially in Africa, do not have policies and strategies for managing and sharing digital documents. This is one major reason why even though many may have e-strategies in place, it is difficult to lay our hands on them. The situation is made worse by the fact that only limited copies of these doucments are printed and in most cases for limited distribution.
In my work, among others, I am also focusing on providng technical suppoort to Ministries of Agriculture to enable them develop policies and strategies for information management and knowedge exchange in a digital environment.
At this point in time, I would encourage everyone to move forward and address this week questions (# 4, 5 and 6). This is a limited-time exercise, in terms of addressing specifically the set of 6 questions. I am sure the discussion will go on, notably with the upcoming Observatory and the WSIS process. However for the purposes of reporting on the discussion of those six questions, only the answers posted by Friday night, your time, are most likely to shape the report. Therefore I would appreciate you spend some time to reply to Questions 4, 5 and 6 by then.
Question 1: Why are national e-agriculture strategies (also referred to as “ICT for agriculture strategies” or “cyber-strategies for agriculture”) needed for the agricultural sector to fully realize the benefits of ICTs?
Hi Ken.
Yes, the e-agri strategies have been adopted in both countries. Not sure at what stage of implementation any of these countries are. We have our CODIST III session/conference next week and hopefully we will have updates from the focal points attending.
All best
Abebe Chekol
Hi Ken,
Just a quick comment on access to e-strategies documents.
Most governments, especially in Africa, do not have policies and strategies for managing and sharing digital documents. This is one major reason why even though many may have e-strategies in place, it is difficult to lay our hands on them. The situation is made worse by the fact that only limited copies of these doucments are printed and in most cases for limited distribution.
In my work, among others, I am also focusing on providng technical suppoort to Ministries of Agriculture to enable them develop policies and strategies for information management and knowedge exchange in a digital environment.
Regards,
Justin
Greetings to all.
At this point in time, I would encourage everyone to move forward and address this week questions (# 4, 5 and 6). This is a limited-time exercise, in terms of addressing specifically the set of 6 questions. I am sure the discussion will go on, notably with the upcoming Observatory and the WSIS process. However for the purposes of reporting on the discussion of those six questions, only the answers posted by Friday night, your time, are most likely to shape the report. Therefore I would appreciate you spend some time to reply to Questions 4, 5 and 6 by then.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Mawaki