The Strategy - “Global Public Goods (GPGs): From Data and Information to Food”
converting data and information to food
21/09/2007
Last week we asked about obstacles and here is a summary of what was offered in that thread and in other areas of the consultation. Obstacles have been a key issue in nearly every part of our conversations. We can take these into consideration along with the obstacles noted in the Strategy document. [quote] Author: Pierina Benites Posted: Sep 18 2007 - 05:49 PM Subject: re: Obstacles and Opportunities Hi Goup!! I think the obstacles are: 1. Language. 2. The way that we comunicate our ideas for every kind of researcher. 3. The information sistem: The way that we can comunicate our information and the way we can get the information. Who really is our information source?. 4. Time opportunity information.[/quote] [quote]Author: Ekanath Khatiwada Posted: Sep 19 2007 - 05:55 PM Subject: re: Obstacles and Opportunities Hi All Three are will be following operational problem at local level 1. Local content 2. Local Government policy 3. Critical mass of users 4. Availability of sustainable Network facilitators[/quote] [quote] Author: Dr.T.Ravisankar Posted: Sep 22 2007 - 11:55 AM Subject: re: Ground level needs for e-agriculture information ... Though we try, we are not able to achieve 100% success due to 1. Variations in user languages ( we have two dozen full languages and about 300 dialects variants in India) 2. Variations in user understanding levels of technical matter 3. Variations in needs based on geographic location of the user. The user needs vary for head middle and tail end of a canal vary as crops chosen by them drastically vary. So when ICTs are used to globalise the common goods the user needs are important consideration to be looked at. Atleast content processing for understanding and translations to major languages are important in Asian context[/quote] [quote]Ekanath Khatiwada Posted: Sep 13 2007 - 12:48 PM Subject: re: Providing Access is a Problem Basically accessibility is problem. There is no practice of using e agriculture information. Still, there is traditional way of agriculture practices and information flow. Mainly, agriculture extension workers and practitioner in the ground are far behind this concept. We are developing the such kind of good concept with out considering the real need at ground.[/quote] [quote]Author: Md. Nazrul Islam Posted: Sep 23 2007 - 06:33 AM Subject: User's Needs All the players in the field of agriculture need data or information. From the policy makers to businessmen, down to the extension workers and farmers need data or information. There are always scarcity of information for them due its management. Though others can meet somehow of their needs but the farmers are always in misconception if they do not have right information at right time. The main channels of data or information to the farmers are extension workers of the government department and NGOs who can not meet regularly with most of the farmers. Others one way channels like TV, radio or print media could not cater need based information because farmers have questions to understand the information provided by these channels which nobody available there to answer. However, the recent approach of developing farmer trainers who are one step ahed and more closer to the farmers may be potential to channel information to farmers. [/quote]
由 oghenevwairhe Emefe 提交于 周二, 09/18/2007 - 18:12
Of all the activities of man one of his man focus it to take care of himself and to be able to meet the responsibilities accrued to him It is onle a healthy man that csn reason well so the place of food for man cannot be overemphasized. Discovery has been the bane of mans exixtence. These information that most of the time are organised into relevant data for easy access should me made available at every point in time sometimes if you do not have money infomation is difficult. this should not be as information made available could be used by productive minds for the improvement of us all. In amy case price should be attached to information in should be at a grossly subsidised rate. There should be research patnerships with deleloping countries and there are untapped goldmines in them
由 Nancy White 提交于 周三, 09/19/2007 - 17:53
Thank you, Emefe Oghenevwairhe for these points. I have a couple of follow up questions. 1. Can you offer and suggestions for how we can improve discovery of information? Any examples from where you work? 2. Do you have any examples of research partnerships "tapping the goldmines" of knowledge? What do you notice that makes them successful? What can we learn from them?
由 Anil 提交于 周四, 09/20/2007 - 07:45
I point to a specific goldmine which lies burried deep. There is a publication by ILRI: "Mapping Poverty and Livestock in the Developing World" by Thornton et al. (2003) The authors have put in lots of time and resources in comming out with this excellent publication containing very relevent information. They would have compiled district wise/ state wise data of India (and the other developing countries) and come out with classifying India under different production systems. The background data collected for this publication is of tremendous importance for us, because: 1) collecting and colating the information is a herculean task 2) finding resources for making an attempt to collect these information is difficult but, had the data been available to us, it would have enabled to make plans at micro level at a fraction of cost. We still eagerly look to lay hand on those data set to make our task much easier. If the authors of the publication are listening, we may enter into some collaboration to use those data set gainfully. Dr. Anil Kumar Senior Scientist (Animal Production) Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute Jhansi-284 003 India E-mail : [email protected]
由 Nancy White 提交于 周五, 09/21/2007 - 19:35
Dear Dr. Kumar, this is an excellent specific example which brings to light a number of issues that are emerging: * awareness of a value added product USING the data * the role of such products in both conveying data, and alerting to the existence of such data * ability to access the underlying data How do local users express data needs? Look for data? Any examples there? This is clearly a very diverse and complex area, but perhaps we can start identifying some patterns that can be looked at in the next assessment phase of the project.