ICTs: transforming agricultural extension?

This document reports on a workshop held by CTA on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for ACP agricultural and rural development. This meeting entitled "ICTs: transforming agricultural extension?" convened ACP and EU experts in the field of ICT policies and applications relevant to extension for agricultural and rural development in ACP countries.

This document contains the publications presented at the workshop:

• agricultural extension transforming ICTs?: championing universal access
• ICTs and rural development: handmaid or mirage?
• demand-driven extension: challenges for extension managers and policy makers
• ICTs in agricultural extension: overview and focus on regulatory issues
• regional overviews each of Africa/Pacific/Caribbean
• country case study each of Nigeria/Uganda/Trinidad/Fiji/India
• technology options
• MANOBI: market information through mobile telephony/Internet linkages
• RUN: The Rural Universe Network, combining e-mail, Internet and CD_ROM
• gender, ICTs and agricultural extension
• JAMEX, a public-private partnership
• linking agricultural research and rural radio
• VERCON, FAO's Virtual Extension-Reserach Communication Network
• intégration d'Internet et des NTIC dans les systèmes de communication et d'information utilisés par les organisations paysannes en Afrique de l'Ouest
• production of agricultural video's
• results of the e-discussions
• ICT Observatory 2003: ICTs: transforming agricultural extension?
• ICTs: transforming agricultural extension