1. Nawsheen’s World
By:
Nawsheen Hosenally
ARDYIS Consultative Workshop
“Using ICTs to strengthen youth opportunities in agriculture
and rural areas”
22nd May 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa

2. Introduction
 “Nawsheen’s World” was created in 2008
 Active since 2010, mainly to share my
thoughts
 In 2011, I attended a training on Web 2.0
by CTA in the framework of the ARDYIS
project and my blog started to focus more
on Agriculture
 Since the YoBloCo, blog posts are solely
on Youth, Agriculture and ICTs

3. Objectives
 To share information on Agriculture, Youth
and ICTs
 Showcase best-practices in Agriculture
from Mauritius and the region
 Share success stories of youth and
successful entrepreneurs in Agriculture
 Share my own experience as a youth in
Agriculture (bring forward
opportunities/challenges faced by youth)

4. Blog Design
Accessible at: http://nawsheenh.blogspot.com

5. Nature of Blog Posts
 Blog posts focused on different issues:
 Conference/Workshop proceedings
 Use of ICTs in Agriculture
 Agricultural Policies
 Sustainable Agriculture
 Food Quality and Safety
 Application of Web 2.0 and Social Media
 Promoting Youth Leadership & Entrepreneurship
 Highlighting new technologies in Agriculture
(Tissue culture/mass propagation, hydroponics,
use of GPS, mobile applications)
 Crop and animal production
 Challenges and opportunities in Agriculture

6. Popular posts

7. Traffic Sources

8. Audience

9. All time page views

10. Motivation for updating blog
 Interest in Web 2.0 and Agriculture
 YoBloCo was a motivation to improve
blog’s quality and frequency
 Passion for making a change by sharing
information and raising awareness on
Agriculture and youth-related issues
 With time, blogging became a hobby

11. My perspective as a Blogger
Share
opinions
and
ideas
Information
benefit and Way of
impact other documenting
people
Blogging
Improve
skills and Tracking
gain activities
knowledge
Can be Creating
used for your
advocacy identity

12. Challenges faced
 No major challenges faced
 However, blogging is a time-consuming
activity
Lots of ideas, but lack of time to write on them
 Some Blog posts remain drafts - unpublished
 Internet connectivity
 Blogging completely dependent on it

13. Impact of blog on my Agricultural
activities
 Indirect job and other opportunities
 Have an identity in the Agricultural sector
 Increased Networking
 Better understanding of different issues
related to agriculture (policies, challenges,
opportunities, initiatives, etc.)
 Improved writing skills

14. Feedback from Audience
 Comments received on blog posts that they have
been informative and useful to some people
 Encouragement from experienced professionals
in Agriculture to keep on writing
 Emails from blog followers, requesting for more
information (especially hydroponics, facilitation,
and other resources)
 Other requests received from: Youth in
agriculture to create their blog, regarding
assignments, partnerships, consultancy
opportunities etc.

15. Conclusion
 Blogging is an opportunity for youth to have their
own space and be visible in this competitive world
 There is no limit on where a blog post may reach or
to whom it may be useful
 Having a blog is free and it may have various
objectives and functions
 I highly encourage people to have a blog for it has
more advantages than disadvantages!