contributing to the agricultural knowledge economy
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Chris Addison Senior Programme Officer - CTA Continental Briefing n. 1 4th December 2013 http://brusselsbriefings.netTRANSCRIPT
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Contributing to the agricultural
knowledge economy
Continental Briefing n. 1
4th December 2013
http://brusselsbriefings.net
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Information/Communication/Knowledge
Management for Farmers & Farmers
Organizations in the 21st century
Chris Addison
CTA, Wageningen
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Agriculture is Knowledge
intensiveSkills capacity
Data - weather soils
Information – choice of crop/livestock advisory services
Local Knowledge – expertise/research
Coordination for inputs/marketing
Communicationdialogue
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Farming skills - Training
• Publications
• Libraries
• Making more of
training events
• New tools
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Data
• Training in finding data sources
• Use of existing data
– weather/soils
• Generation of data
– registration/yields
• Use of data for policy
– SAKSS/RESAKSS/Gro Venture
• Data for finance
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Information management
• Manage
membership
• Manage
publications
and products
(website)
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Cooperative actions
• Need for
communication
across
membership
• Reference point
for projects
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Representation to ensure fair policy
• Survey of views of members
• Reporting on events
• Sharing knowledge
• Advocacy
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Melanesian
Spearhead
Group
Indian Ocean Commission
Caribbean Regional Fisheries
Mechanism
Green Growth
Blue Economy
Food Security
Capacity4Dev
Vulnerability
Resilience
SPC,UNESCAP,IUCN,GIZ,USP
SAKSS
NEPAD/NPCA
Farmers Organisations
PAFO
CAADP
Knowledge Platforms
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Foundations Knowledge management
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Approaches
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Knowledge Exchange
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Putting it all together
• Plan
• Communications Capacity
• Email – discussion
• Publishing – Newsletter/booklets/papers
• Media - Print/Radio
• Online – website
• Online – Facebook/Twitter
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Agriculture is Knowledge
intensiveSkills capacity
Data - weather soils
Information – choice of crop/livestock advisory services
Local Knowledge – expertise/research
Coordination for inputs/marketing
Communicationdialogue
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