Chris Addison Senior Programme Officer - CTA Continental Briefing n. 1 4th December 2013 http://brusselsbriefings.net

1. Contributing to the agricultural
knowledge economy
Continental Briefing n. 1
4th December 2013
http://brusselsbriefings.net

2. Information/Communication/Knowledge
Management for Farmers & Farmers
Organizations in the 21st century
Chris Addison
CTA, Wageningen

3. Agriculture is Knowledge
intensive
Skills capacity
Data - weather soils
Information
– choice of crop/livestock advisory services
Local Knowledge
Coordination
– expertise/research
for inputs/marketing
Communication
dialogue

4. Farming skills - Training
• Publications
• Libraries
• Making more of
training events
• New tools

5. 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

6. Information management
• Manage
membership
• Manage
publications
and products
(website)

7. Cooperative actions
• Need for
communication
across
membership
• Reference point
for projects

8. Representation to ensure fair policy
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Survey of views of members
Reporting on events
Sharing knowledge
Advocacy

9. Knowledge Platforms
Capacity4Dev
Vulnerability
Resilience
Blue Economy
Caribbean Regional Fisheries
Mechanism
SAKSS
PAFO
Farmers Organisations
Green Growth
Melanesian
Indian Ocean Commission
Spearhead
Food Security
Group
NEPAD/NPCA
SPC,UNESCAP,IUCN,GIZ,US
CAADP

10. Foundations Knowledge management

11. Approaches

12. Knowledge Exchange

14. Putting it all together
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Plan
Communications Capacity
Email – discussion
Publishing – Newsletter/booklets/papers
Media - Print/Radio
Online – website
Online – Facebook/Twitter

15. Agriculture is Knowledge
intensive
Skills capacity
Data - weather soils
Information
– choice of crop/livestock advisory services
Local Knowledge
Coordination
– expertise/research
for inputs/marketing
Communication
dialogue

17. #PAFOBRIEF
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