Registration Home Tech For Food: what for? Who we are Themes      Be better informed      Produce better      Market better      A better traceability      Spacial technologies Programme 2009 Practical Information Partners Press Publications 09 Publications 08 Publications 07 Initiatives    Themes  Be better informed      RURANET: providing access to information in Niger In 1999, the residents of Bankilare built their own radio station, which runs on solar energy, and broadcasts programmes in three local languages. CTA – ICT Update n°25 – Mai 2005 more... The Virtual Extension and Research Communication Network (VERCON) and the Farmer Information network for agricultural and rural development (Farmnet). The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has developed some model concepts and implemented them in various information and communication projects in the rural environment such as VERCON, the Virtual Extension, Research and Communication Network, and Farmnet, the Farmer Information Network for agricultural and rural development. These initiatives are based on the use of new information and communication technologies (NITC). FAO – 11/2006 more...   e-learning thanks to a Management Resource Kit The Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK) is a partnership-based e-learning initiative to train individuals and support institutions and networks world-wide in the effective management of agricultural information. IMARK consists of a suite of distance learning resources, tools and communities on information management. FAO more...   Distance education on coffee growing as a technical support for small Haitian producers Using distance education, small Haitian producers will receive advanced training in coffee growing and its techniques, dispensed in Creole on the plantations, via satellite installations and, soon, via high speed networks (of WIMAX, CDMA EVDO or DVB-H type). Malongo asked the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD) in Montpellier, to devise the entire content of the 9 teaching modules, each lasting 30 minutes, while the formatting of the distance training is done by the State University of Haiti (which provides the translation into Creole). The aim is to be able to deliver these training courses to 500 growers in the first year. Société des cafés Malongo – 05/2006 more...   TECH FOR FOOD - TV AGRI - 27, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 75001 Paris - Tél : 01 53 00 94 23 - Fax : 01 42 33 56 09 - Email : techforfood (at) tvagri.com