Contributing to the agricultural

knowledge economy

Continental Briefing n. 1

4th December 2013

http://brusselsbriefings.net

Information/Communication/Knowledge

Management for Farmers & Farmers

Organizations in the 21st century

Chris Addison

CTA, Wageningen

Agriculture is Knowledge

intensiveSkills capacity

Data - weather soils

Information – choice of crop/livestock advisory services

Local Knowledge – expertise/research

Coordination for inputs/marketing

Communicationdialogue

Farming skills - Training

• Publications

• Libraries

• Making more of

training events

• New tools

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

Information management

• Manage

membership

• Manage

publications

and products

(website)

Cooperative actions

• Need for

communication

across

membership

• Reference point

for projects

Representation to ensure fair policy

• Survey of views of members

• Reporting on events

• Sharing knowledge

• Advocacy

Melanesian

Spearhead

Group

Indian Ocean Commission

Caribbean Regional Fisheries

Mechanism

Green Growth

Blue Economy

Food Security

Capacity4Dev

Vulnerability

Resilience

SPC,UNESCAP,IUCN,GIZ,USP

SAKSS

NEPAD/NPCA

Farmers Organisations

PAFO

CAADP

Knowledge Platforms

Foundations Knowledge management

Approaches

Knowledge Exchange

Putting it all together

• Plan

• Communications Capacity

• Email – discussion

• Publishing – Newsletter/booklets/papers

• Media - Print/Radio

• Online – website

• Online – Facebook/Twitter

Agriculture is Knowledge

intensiveSkills capacity

Data - weather soils

Information – choice of crop/livestock advisory services

Local Knowledge – expertise/research

Coordination for inputs/marketing

Communicationdialogue

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