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Charron Official Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) IAALD Secretariat, P.O. Box 63, Lexington, KY 40588-0063, USA From the Editor’s Desk hat an interesting year we have had so far. Leaf contributed to the Tree of Knowledge WThe economy may not be doing too well, but the at the Knowledge Share Fair. agricultural information community seems to be thriv- ing! I would like to start by writing about what is not in this issue, rather than what is. It takes but a few minutes on the Internet to recognize what a challenge it is to cap- ture in a traditional journal more than just a hint of what is going on in the world. There was a time when article publication was seen as the quickest way to get your re- search and ideas out there; monographs were their much slower cousins. In the past decade or so, though, that no- tion has been turned on its ear. How can traditional jour- nals possibly keep pace with the quicksilver movements of the Internet? Will they go the way of the dinosaurs? Case in point: the first ever Knowledge Share Fair, which was held at FAO Headquarters in January. Organ- ized by FAO, in collaboration with Bioversity Interna- tional, the CGIAR ICT-KM program, IFAD and WFP, it was designed to provide an interactive experience for their staff and the Rome-based constituents, to share and can develop and use information tools to fight techno- learn from each others’ good practices; experiment with logical and social exclusion. tools and methodologies for knowledge sharing; create Improving access as a theme also permeates the AgInfo linkages and networks for future collaboration between Dispatches, which focus on tools and services that enable the organizations; and develop ideas to support and en- access to information. The first three are based on papers hance knowledge sharing within and across the organi- presented at the Japan World Congress: Sraku-Lartey dis- zations. This was definitely not just another conference. cusses a forest information project in Ghana; Ramos and It relied heavily on social networking tools, including Austria look at providing e-access to the world’s rice lit- blips, blogs and tweets, for participation, presentation, erature; and Moshoeshoe-Chadzingwa reports on the and reporting. To learn more about this exciting and in- Lesotho Question and Answer Project. The final dispatch novative event, see “News from IAALD” in this issue, or is a more technical piece that reports a new way of pro- visit the Share Fair website at http://www.sharefair.net/. viding access to SciELO full text journal articles using This issue features an interesting mix of topics ema- AGRIS AP XML to harvest SciELO metadata and adding nating from a number of different countries. It draws them to the AGRIS repository. This work by BIREME heavily on last summer’s Japan World Congress, from and FAO staff reveals the steady progress being made in which we selected six papers for publication that deal metadata interoperability. with improving access to information. With each pass- I hope you enjoy this issue. As always, please feel free ing day, we seem to have more tools at our disposal to fa- to contact me at the address below if you have any com- cilitate access. Time and money may be stumbling ments, questions, or concerns. blocks in our paths, but creativity, innovation, and per- Debbie Currie sistence help us to keep pressing forward. All of the arti- IAALD Editor cles in this issue report on efforts that have had, either 1701 Su John Road directly or indirectly, a real impact upon the human Raleigh, NC 27607 condition. Along with three articles from the Japan USA World Congress, we are pleased to bring to you “Embra- PH: +1-919-515-7556 pa Technological Information: A Bridge Between Re- Fax: +1-919-513-1108 E-mail: [email protected] search and Society,” which reveals how an organization Agricultural Information Worldwide – 2 : 1 – 2009 2 Emerging ICTs and Their Potential in Revitalizing Small-Scale Agriculture in Africa Hilda Munyua, Edith Adera, and Mike Jensen Editor’s Note: This paper was presented at the World Con - munautés agricoles rurales, en fournissant le développement ference on Agricultural Information and IT (IAALD/ AFITA/ des capacités, permettant l’accès à des marchés et des crédits, en WCCA), August 23–27, 2008, Tokyo, Japan. restructurant la vulgarisation et en augmentant proportion- nellement les liens entre les interventions de développement. Abstract: Agriculture plays a vital role in the social and eco- Cet article est fondé sur une étude de planification du Centre de nomic development of most African countries and is the main recherche pour le développement International (CRDI), faite en contributor to economic growth and stability. Small-scale agri- 2007, sur les TICs et l’agriculture à petite échelle en Afrique, en culture and the harvesting of natural resources provide liveli- se basant sur l’étude de documents, des observations sur le ter- hoods for over 70 of the African population. However, most rain, et des entretiens individuels et en groupe au Botswana, smallholders are resource-poor and face many challenges. Mod- Ghana, Kenya et en Ouganda. ern information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to improve agricultural productivity by communi- Resumen: La agricultura cumple una función vital en el desar- cating knowledge and information to rural agricultural com- munities, providing capacity building, accessing markets and rollo social y económico de casi todos los países de África, y es el credit, restructuring of extension and scaling up inter-linkages sector que más aporta al crecimiento y a la estabilidad económi- of development interventions. This paper is based on an Inter- cos del continente. La agricultura en pequeña escala y la national Development Research Centre (IDRC) scoping study recolección de productos derivados de los recursos naturales le conducted in 2007 on ICTs and small-scale agriculture in permiten ganarse la vida a más del 70 de la población africana. Africa, which was carried out through a desk study, field obser- Ahora bien, los pequeños agricultores disponen de pocos recur- vations, and individual and group interviews in Botswana, sos y se enfrentan a muchos retos. Las modernas tecnologías de Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. la información y la comunicación (las TIC) tienen la capacidad de mejorar la productividad agrícola porque comunican cono- Resumé: L’agriculture joue un rôle vital dans le développement ci mientos e información a las comunidades agrícolas del sector économique et social de la plupart des pays africains, et est le rural, promueven el desarrollo de capacidades, dan acceso al collaborateur principal à la croissance et stabilité économiques. mercado y al crédito, reestructuran la extensión rural, y ex- L’agriculture à petite échelle et la moisson de ressources na- panden las interconexiones propias de las intervenciones del de- turelles fournissent des revenues pour plus de 70 de la popula- sarrollo. Este trabajo se basa en un estudio de posibilidades re- tion africaine. Cependant, la plupart des petits exploitants ont alizado en 2007 por el Centro Internacional de Investigaciones de faibles ressources
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