This document outlines a proposal to conduct studies and activities to increase awareness, sharing of best practices, and capacity building around e-agriculture strategies in African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. The proposal involves documenting current situations, policies, and guidelines through regional studies covering 8-12 countries total and desk research on other areas. It would also include producing regional online syntheses, a print document, and policy briefs. Follow-up actions are proposed to disseminate the results through conferences, workshops, discussion lists, and leaflets through collaboration with interested parties.

1. Supporting awareness raising, best
practice sharing and capacity building
on e-agriculture strategies in ACP
countries
Documenting the
situation, policy brief,
guidelines, etc.
Ken Lohento, ICT Programme Coordinator, CTA
ICT Observatory 2013
Wageningen
24 -26 April, 2013

2. • Weak awareness on developing and implementing
agricultural ICT policy in ACP countries;
• Limited knowledge on the state of implementation
of Agricultural ICT Policies in ACP countries;
• Limited exchange of best practices on e-agriculture
strategies in ACP countries.
Rationale

3. Study (1)
Objective : Document best practices; lesson learned;
status of the process in countries
How
• Cover each ACP region
• Regional consultants : 1 or 2 countries covered + desk
research by region
• In total, about 8 to 12 countries for field research and other
countries/regions covered via dest research
• Regional online synthesis + one print document

4. Study (2)
Follow-up actions to study
• Publicize results during conferences/workshop to
favour
• Many discussions lists
• Leaflets?
• Collaboration?
 Who is interested?
 Who can contribute what?
 Be involved?

5. Policy brief

6. Policy brief