Parallel sessions of the Commission on Agriculture |
| Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
Parallel 1: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Creating ICT-enabled knowledge networks around agriculture |
| Session chair: Vikas Nath, Switzerland |
| Global network of agriculture information professionals, Mr. Peter Ballantyne, president of IAALD, Netherlands |
| Regional
networking of agricultural projects in Middle East and North Africa,
mr. Awni Shdaifat, project manager, KariaNet, Jordan |
| Setting
up a national-level Solution Exchange for agriculture development
practitioners, Mr. Steve Glovinsky, Adviser to the UN Agencies
represented in India. |
|
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 10.45-12.15 |
Parallel 2: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Promoting trade and competitiveness in agriculture using ICTs |
| Session chair: Peter Ballantyne, Netherlands |
| Setting up an online agriculture stock exchange, Ms. Aurelia Bondari, executive director, AgroInform and AgraVista, Moldova |
| Promoting Agricultural Trade through e-Marketplace for Farmers, Mr. Edgardo Herbosa, Director, B2BPriceNow.com, Philippines |
| Setting up the first Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECEX), Ms. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Head, ECEX, Ethiopia |
|
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 14.00 - 15.30 |
Parallel 3: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Going beyond - innovative applications of ICTs in agriculture |
| Session chair: Vikas Nath, Switzerland |
| Using
ICTs for Managing Genebanks: Experience of SADC Plant Genetic Resources
Centre", Mr. Barnabas W. Kapange, Senior Programme Manager, SADC Plant
Genetic Resources Centre (SPGRC), Zambia |
| Developing a pest monitoring and traceability system-The Case Study of Hot Peppers in Jamaica |
| The
e-Agriculture Initiative: achieving the MDGs through sharing of
innovative experiences, Mr. Justin Chisenga, Information Management
Specialist, FAO Regional Office for Africa, Ghana |
|
| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
Parallel 4: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Transforming farmers at farm-level |
| Session chair: Peter Ballantyne, Netherlands |
| Delivery
Agricultural Services to Farmers through Telecottages since 1994: The
Hungarian Public-Private Partnership Model, Mr. Gyorg Ngoryzy, Hungary |
| School-on-Air: Lessons from use of Radio
Broadcasting for Training of Farmers in Philippines, Mr. Vikas Nath,
Founder, DigitalGovernance.org, Geneva |
| GIS for Sustainable Forest Resource Management in Ethiopia, Mengstie Kindu, Ethiopia |
