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GFRAS Working Group ICT for Rural Advisory Services (ICT4RAS)

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Introduction

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Improved availability and access to new ICTs-especially personal computers, the internet and mobile telephones—in the last two decades have provided a much wider choice in collection, storage, processing, transmission and presentation of information in multiple formats. Some of these applications such as tele-centres, web-portals, knowledge platforms call centres, mobile phones, community radio, video, digital photography, GIS, e-mail, audio and video conferencing have the potential of getting across vast amounts of information to rural population in a more timely, comprehensive, cost-effective and interactive manner.

ICTs can also enhance knowledge processes and support knowledge workers (information intermediaries/extension and advisory service providers) to have ready access to organised information. It can also help promote better communication and interaction with fellow practitioners and also enhance interaction needed for collective knowledge creation. The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) would like to engage more actively in this area of using ICTs for strengthening extension and advisory provision (ICTs for EAS) and has constituted working group to further elaborate how GFRAS would move forward. 

Activities

Activities

ICT4D Conference March 2017 in Hyderabad, India

icon pdf Social Media for Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services; Presentation by Saravanan Raj (pdf 4.8 MB)

Social Media for Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services 

A side event at the GFRAS Annual Meeting 2015 in Kyrgyzstan

icon pdf Social Media in Action (pdf, 5.1 MB)

ICT4Ag conference in November 2013 in Kigali, Uganda

icon pdf Putting the horse in front of the cart. A presentation about ICT design strategy, Andrea Bohn

icon pdf Extension & GFRAS Saravanan Raj (pdf 1.7MB)
icon pdf Information and Communication Technologies for Agriculture Maximo Torero (pdf 7MB)
icon pdf ICTs for Agricultural Extension Saravanan Raj (pdf 2.2MB)
icon pdf Revisiting Extension with the ChangingArchitecture of ICTs  Benjamin Addom (pdf 1MB)

Members

ICT4RAS Working Group

Lead: Saravanan Raj, India

GFRAS has 15 registered members

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Organisation
Country
Alisha
alisha pvt ltd
Australia
Andrianjafy Rasoanindrainy
Farming & Technology for Africa
Madagascar
Benjamin Kwasi Addom
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Netherlands
Dan Kisauzi
NIDA
Uganda
Greg Crosby
USDA NIFA
United States
DOKODAN FARMERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
DOKODAN FARMERS COOPERATIVE
Liberia
KariaNet
AUB_ESDU
Lebanon
Laura Ramirez
INTA
Costa Rica
Lola
Intrahealth
Tajikistan
Nana Kwame Darko
Trotro Tractor Limited
Ghana
Philip Ifejika
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research
Nigeria
RAFAEL PINZÓN RUEDA
REDE BARTÔ
Brazil
Salwa Tohme Tawk
Lebanese University
Lebanon
Saravanan Raj
National Institute of Agricultural Extension management (MANAGE)
India
Choi soyoung
RDA Korea
Korea, Republic Of
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ICT Experts

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GFRAS has 67 registered members

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Edward Baars
Edward Baars
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Nigeria
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • Gender
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • NGOs
  • Nutrition
  • Public sector extension
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
Ravelomanantsoa Santatra
Ravelomanantsoa Santatra
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CENRADERU-FOFIFA
Madagascar
  • Food security
  • ICTs
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Nutrition
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
Thirunavukkarasu
Thirunavukkarasu
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Media4Agri
India
  • Curriculum development
  • Farmer organisations
  • ICTs
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
Bidyuth K. Mahalder
Bidyuth K. Mahalder
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USAID Agricultural Extension Project
Bangladesh
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • Gender
  • ICTs
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • NGOs
  • Public sector extension
  • Research-extension linkages
Lulu Rodriguez
Lulu Rodriguez
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamapaign
United States
  • Capacity Building
  • Curriculum development
  • Food security
  • Gender
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Public sector extension
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
Paul E. McNamara
Paul E. McNamara
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University of Illinois AgReach
United States
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Continuing education
  • Curriculum development
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • Human resource development
  • Gender
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • NGOs
  • Nutrition
  • Policy
  • Public sector extension
  • Reform
  • Research-extension linkages
Ataharul Chowdhury
Ataharul Chowdhury
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The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine/ University of Guelph, Ontario
(Not Specified)
  • Capacity Building
  • Curriculum development
  • Food security
  • Human resource development
  • Gender
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Public sector extension
  • Reform
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
Charles Ssemwogerere
Charles Ssemwogerere
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Grameen Foundation
Uganda
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Continuing education
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • NGOs
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
Sunil Peddi
Sunil Peddi
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National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad
India
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Reform
Evans Muchesa
Evans Muchesa
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South Africa
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Curriculum development
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Policy
  • Public sector extension
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
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