knowledge & ICT

26.11.2004 Ulkoministeriössä valmistellaan parhaillaan tietoyhteiskuntaa koskevaa kehityspoliittista linjausta määrittelemään, kuinka Suomen tulisi osallistua tietoyhteiskuntien rakentamiseen kehitysmaissa. Osaamisalueistamme keskustelivat keskiviikkona ministeriön, yritysmaailman, järjestöjen ja tiedeyhteisöjen edustajat Säätytalolla.

22.11.2004 The MISTICA virtual community has sent an open letter asking UNESCO to divulge the terms of its agreement with Microsoft whick seeks to bridge the digital divide in developing countries.

17.11.2004 How can recent advances in science and technology be harnessed so that the poor of the world can overcome the problems of drought and desertification? ICRISAT is harnessing the ICTs to enhance food security.

17.11.2004 Andhra Pradesh is in the midst of an agrarian emergency. The tragic farmers’ suicides are, finally, an extreme symptom of a much deeper rural distress. The result of a decade-long onslaught on the livelihoods of millions. The crisis now goes way beyond the families ravaged by the suicides. And beyond the farming community itself. There is an urgent need to end the suicides. But doing so without addressing the larger distress is to try and mop the floor dry with the taps open.

17.11.2004 While there are many actors in the effort to use... resources for such important challenges as the Millennium Development Goals, conspicuous by their absence among these actors are universities... universities constitute an important force...

17.11.2004 In an interview with Rahul Kumar of OneWorld South Asia, Prabhu Pingali stresses on the need to encourage modern agricultural methods so that food production can be increased even as the environment is preserved.

17.11.2004 “So much information can reach villages through broadband, which cannot reach there through any other media. And the villages, which have no roads and other forms of communication, have a huge hunger for information...”, says Pradip Baijal in an interview to Manish Kumar of OneWorld South Asia.

17.11.2004 Increase in primary agricultural productivity through use of known science and technology in the poorest rural parts of the country can, in my opinion, make a substantial difference to the quality of life of people living near the poverty line.

17.11.2004 Agriculture’s centrality to dealing with India’s problems of food security and hunger is well recognised. The dissemination of these advisory services through ICTs will go a long way in making Indian agriculture sustainable....

17.11.2004 The success of ICT initiatives like info-kiosks offers an opportunity to improve our food security network. It is important to integrate fair price shops with the kiosks to ensure food security and transparency in food administration.

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17.11.2004 A World Bank report has said that India ranks low in knowledge economy despite significant progress in information technology in the last decade. One of the reasons for this is that ICTs have not reached the rural areas.

01.11.2004 SciDev.Net's first photography competition draws entries ranging from an anti-smoking march to water scarcity.