Michael Riggs
| Organization | FAO |
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| Organization type | International Organization |
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| Country | Italy |
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An enthusiastic member of the e-Agriculture Community since its founding, and a former Team Leader (lead facilitator). Active in the field of information and communication technologies for development. Currently a programme officer at the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (unapcict.org), supporting ICTD capacity development intiatives in the Asia-Pacific region. A member of the ICTD Collective and of Orbicom.
This member participated in the following Forums
Forum Forum: "Mobile Information Services" November, 2011
Question 2: What are the barriers to reaching scale with mobile agriculture information services and...
Having read the two comments above, I wonder if we need to define what reaching scale in a successful way means?
IKSL and Reuters Market Light have reached some degree of scale in terms of the number of farmers they reach with SMS but this does not mean they are yet financially sustainable.
Something to ponder and maybe clarify, if participants think it is important.
Question 1: In a partnership between a mobile network operator and agricultural partners...
Stephane, consider uploading a photo to your e-Agriculture profile. That would avoid any confusion! :-)
Thank you for all your comments.
Hillary has brought up critical issues that face many development programmes where partnerships are involved: sustainability and successs. Without doubt these points will come up repeatedly during our discussion, and they will be dealt with in detail under Question 3 and Question 4. Keep those good ideas rolling.
I just want to let everyone know that Question 5 of this forum (opening for discussion on 29 Nov.) is focused specifically on content issues. This is a great introduction to this important, and often underestimated challenge of any agricultural information service.
Mr Srinivasan, thank you for this detailed comment. Would you please give us a little background, and maybe some links to detailed information about IFFCO? This could be interesting to our global audience. Thank you.
Thank you for starting this forum off right! We look forward to hearing more from you as the other questions open.
Introductions and Technical Support for this forum
The forum is off to a good start. Thanks to all who have participated and shared so far.
Just one reminder. Be careful when using abbreviations and acronyms, and make sure you spell them out at least the first time you use them in a post. We represent many sectors and fields of skill, and we do not always share a common vocabulary.
Forum Forum: "Challenges and Opportunities for Capturing Impact in ICT initiatives in Agriculture" September, 2011
What is the most effective way to measure the impact of ICT for development (ICT4D) initiatives?
Hi Ehud. Would you tell us a bit more on what you mean by end user comments, and evaluation? This could add a new dimension to the ongoing dicussion.
Thanks!
Hi. Asad, or someone else, would you please tell us what M4P means? Just to be sure we all have a common understanding of our terminology. Thanks!