Dear all My name is Abdallah Hassan, working with the economic and Social research Foundation as an information officer. Of late we have been conducting a study on the role of mobile phone in enhansing the livelihood of the rural poor. I believe participating into this forum will help me get more useful information to enrich the study. Thank you[/color]
由 Hassan 提交于 周三, 11/12/2008 - 15:42
Forgot to mention I am from which country. I am from Tanzania, East Africa
由 Hamadu Hassan 提交于 周四, 11/13/2008 - 01:36
Hi All, I am Hassan Hamadu the Information Systems Manager for the local health insurance scheme and an IT trainer at the Community Information Center, Navrongo, Ghana, West Africa. We will be implementing a project on Gender, ICT and Rural Agriculture next year. Part of the project seeks to teach women how to use mobile phones to market their goods for better prices. Hope this forum will be very beneficial to me. Hassan
由 olive_tiu 提交于 周四, 11/13/2008 - 02:52
Hi everyone! I am Olive Tiu, the Regional Director of the Philippine Information Agency in Eastern Visayas, in the Philippines. My office is located in Tacloban City, Leyte in Eastern Visayas Region. The region covers six provinces and three cities - the provinces of Leyte, Biliran Southern Leyte, Samar, Northern Samar and Eastern Samar; and the cities of Tacloban, Ormoc, Calbayog, Baybay, Maasin, Catbalogan and Borongan. Eastern Visayas is mostly agricultural, thus, the government is dealing with mostly farmer and fisherfolk, hence, the thrust now is to enhance agricultural productivity to achieve food security. As an information agency, our office know how mobile phones can help farmers in the hinterlands to have access necessary to improve their productivity; how fast mobile phones can relay warnings of typhoons and other calamities; and how mobile phones can relay information on latest agricultural technologies. I know that by participating in this forum, I will be able to learn so many things which in turn I can inform the people, especially the farmers, the policy-makers and the decision makers.
由 Mahrukh Siraj 提交于 周四, 11/13/2008 - 05:56
Hi All, My name is Mahrukh Siraj(Ms) I work for CABI-South Asia as Coordinator Knowledge and Innovation Systems. Our office is located in Rawalpindi Pakistan. This year we conducted a survey on knowledge gaps in the citrus commodity chain here and on the proliferation of ICTs within the chain. Looking forward to learn from the experiance of others in this forum. best, mahrukh
由 Michael Riggs 提交于 周一, 11/17/2008 - 05:42
Dear Abdallah Hassan, Hassan Hamadu, Olive and Mahrukh, It is great to have you all join this forum. We look forward to your thoughts and ideas, and sharing with others. Please check the first discussion question which is now posted under the new thread "Discussions - Week 1". Cheers, Michael (FAO)