From November 24 to December 7, 2007, the WorldFish center is holding an e-consultation on Using ICT in Fisheries & Aquaculture programmes at www.e-agriculture.org. All e-Agriculture community members are invited to participate.
The WorldFish Center is a non-profit organisation that focuses on alleviating poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture. WorldFish is one of 15 international research centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
In 2006, the FAO commissioned a study into the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in small-scale fisheries. The research found that the full range of ICT tools, from specialist fishing technologies to media technologies and general purpose ICTs, are being used across the different fisheries value chains (marine, inland and aquaculture).
A database of 54 Case Studies was developed for the research and a summary of the findings is presented on the www.e-agriculture.org site to support this discussion.
The discussion is also intended to inform the upcoming Global Knowledge II (GK3) conference in Kuala Lumpur. Organised by the Global Knowledge Partnership, GK3 focuses on the uses of ICT in Development (ICT4D).
GK3 will bring together over 2,000 visionaries, international leaders, practitioners and policy-makers to engage on the theme: Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies.
FAO is organising a key workshop on e-agriculture, where WorldFish will be raising questions from the discussion, as well as the findings from the FAO research.
Source: e-agriculture
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