Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development strategy in Chinese rural areas is an indispensable part of national development strategies. This paper reviews the ICT framework in agriculture and rural areas launched by the Department of Agriculture in China. It compares the rural ICT policies and strategies between China and the European Union (EU). The ICT development strategy framework is analyzed based on the situation in Chinese rural area and the experiences of the EU. Some lessons and suggestions are provided
This paper, part of the Social Sciences Working Paper Series, presents studies undertaken by nine community-based, natural resource management (CBNRM)-oriented organizations in China, Viet Nam, the Philippines and Mongolia. The partner organizations, representing three broad types: academic, regional network, and community based, were brought together by a 2006 initiative in an informal network to develop and pilot methods for evaluating capacity development in community-based natural resource management.
The Sourcebook is the outcome of joint planning, continued interest in gender and agriculture, and concerted efforts by the World Bank, FAO, and IFAD. The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff inaddressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of agricultural projects and programs. It speaks not with gender specialists on how to improve their skills but rather reaches out to technical experts to guide them in thinking through how to integrate gender dimensions into their operations.
The purposes of this course are to review the major reforms being considered internationally that aim to change the policy and institutional structure and operations of public sector agricultural extension systems, and to examine the advantages and disadvantages of each of these reforms as illustrated by the selected case studies. Aside from the introductory chapter, the course is organized into nine modules, which are conceived as part of a larger framework.
This paper introduces a practical e-learning system, identified as Knowledge Exchange E-learning System (abbr. KEES), for knowledge distribution in rural areas. Particularly, this paper is about providing a virtual teaching and learning environment for small holders in agriculture in those rural areas.
With the developing of the agricultural information, it is inevitable trend of the development of agricultural electronic commercial affairs. On the basis of existing study on the development application model of e-commerce, combined with the character of the agricultural information, compared with the developing model from the theory and reality, a new development model electronic commerce of regional agriculture base on the government is put up, and such key issues as problems of the security applications, payment mode, sharing mechanisms, and legal protection are analyzed, etc.
En este informe se describen las experiencias y enfoques de la constitución de cadenas agroalimentarias y se plantea la necesidad de desarrollar una nueva institucionalidad y formas de cooperación técnica para el fortalecimiento del sector agrícola y rural. Se espera que las cadenas agroalimentarias se constituyan en mecanismos de diálogo e instrumentos de gestión para la competitividad y la toma de decisiones según las demandas de los Estados Miembros del IICA.
Este trabajo buscó caracterizar la agrocadena de la leche bovina; analizar los factores de éxito en agronegocios de lácteos y evaluar el potencial de mercado del queso fresco en la zona sur de Costa Rica.
Este documento describe el El Programa Integrador de IICA a formosa que está estructurado con cinco componentes principales y un componente de apoyo: (i) Programa para el desarrollo de frutas tropicales y subtropicales (PROFRUTA-FORMOSA) y sus respectivos planes de acción; (ii) Proyecto de desarrollo productivo sostenible de la región oeste formoseño (iii) Programa para mejorar la competitividad de la cadena de valor de la ganadería bovina de carne ; (iv) Programa de desarrollo sustentable para los recursos naturales de los ecosistemas de Formosa; (v) Proyecto de desarrollo rural sostenibl
Este documento describe parte del proyecto de innovaciones en la cadena de valor de frijol en la zona norte de Costa Rica, más especificamente habla a respecto de la estrategia de comercialización adoptada por el proyecto