Dear friends

it's my first time in this type of forum, which will be a memory of the forum ? where the organizers embody the main consensus to questions and other details ineteresantes forum

As you would expect very few people in this forum will be focused on the real issues affecting rural and indigenous communities.

The development system, the paradigm of modern development, not compatible with other species on the planet and the human itself.

Many good experiences and many unsuccessful as I see in the forum, give us both inputs to the same Comenter no faults.

The current global policies do not favor small farmers much less indigenous communities, putting food security at risk, large corporations dictate policy in the states and worldwide. Not all is lost, but first people who still believe in a world more equal for all, we must clear the program has been implemented and our conception of development.

Rigoberta Menchu ​​As said: A Maya us as children we are taught never to take more than we need to live.

In this sense the use of ICT should be used as a tool to help rural and indigenous families to reduce the impact of destructive policies of the current agro food system, offering them a special deal for ICT really help them ensure the existence in harmony with their environment, food, health natural medicine, education, taking into account their rural cultures, indigenous and non-modern culture.

The use of ICT is not required in its maximum technological expression, as some of you have said to traditional ICT much can be done with a simple change of viewpoint. It is not necessary that we flood of tablets, smart phones, computers and other expensive devices and less related to rural and indigenous cultures, since we risk their culture and existence of this.

We all have the best intention to help our hemranos of different peoples of the world do not suffer hunger and misery. No need cooperatives so technologically advanced that the end of history will have to deforest to meet market demand through ICT was extended.

Anyway I'm not against ICT, but knowledge is responsibility to know when, how, to what extent and when not to. Eventually the paradigm of digital world is completely harmful to the planet leads to an acceleration and disorder use of the  physical matter that we have on this planet y  and we have just one.

After some reflection the above actions could be:

1 The struggle of civil society organizations, rural communities, indigenous comuidades be achieved to produce more human and friendly agroforestry and livestock environmental policies.
2.To define the true advantages and disadvantages of ICT.
3 Press the authorities on a more inclusive and holistic education inetgral for change without a lot of resources and energy expenditure.
4 Policies to the responsible use of telecommunications in rural areas to help the holistic development of these.
5. organizations with a more responsible for defining policy intervention in rural areas taking into account their role cultures
 

many more that you all have, Greetings from a human really worried about the whole planet, not only for the human species, walther

- Consultation with communities on actual needs to formulate policies.
- The policy must embody respect for the cultural identity of communities.
- Policies accessibility of ICT resources.
- Make it a gender inclusive policy and youth.

ICT as I said before but with limits, always good to anticipate good and bad things.

Ethnic and cultural applicability of ICTs for rural development

Rachel has been a very important fact, do not expect ICT functioned the same everywhere, in some cultures with different languages ​​or dialects in the same region, perhaps modern ICT will not work, not only the language if not also the culture, not we have to see as a barrier, but as something to take intoaccount and respect, otherwise it'll if it is imposed is likely to crash and not culturally or empower ownership of these ICT.

situation with respect to gender some cultures do not accept that women have some participation in agriculture or certain things that have mobile phones or computers, we know that is not correct from our point of view, but it could collide with the leaders or heads of rural households a gender component in the project maybe help change attitudes in the community

walther

the main barriers that have occurred in Nicaragua and in developing countries (wrong definition) are; 

accessibility of telecom services 
affordability for telecom services and electronic devices 
ICT education 
development policies of the states in rural areas 

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