Section 9
Ict In Agriculture
12.9.1 A integrated agricultural information system on agro-technologies, pricing and market information for all agro products will be created in order to provide strategic information for farmers, government agencies, agricultural cooperatives and other stakeholders at national, district and community levels;
12.9.2 Intensive ICT awareness campaigns will be undertaken for all types of farmers in the use of traditional and new ICT tools at all levels;
12.9.3 Weather and agro-meteorology early warning systems will be developed and deployed to support agricultural production and predict as well as prevent disasters;
12.9.4 Incentives for deployment of affordable ICT solutions to support rural connectivity of farmers especially those within the geographical coverage of existing ICT infrastructure will be developed;
12.9.5 Special programmes will be developed and executed to promote ICT skills among agricultural extension workers, managers of cooperatives and farmers;
12.9.6 Special project will be launched to develop database systems and applications including Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to support agricultural input resource management as well as to support land and water resource management, environmental monitoring and impact assessment, crop yield assessment and livestock management among others;
12.9.7 A monitoring and evaluation system will be developed for the conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources in the agricultural production process;
12.9.8 Two-way information dissemination to support the physical and socio-economic planning processes in the agricultural system will be developed
12.9.2 Intensive ICT awareness campaigns will be undertaken for all types of farmers in the use of traditional and new ICT tools at all levels;
12.9.3 Weather and agro-meteorology early warning systems will be developed and deployed to support agricultural production and predict as well as prevent disasters;
12.9.4 Incentives for deployment of affordable ICT solutions to support rural connectivity of farmers especially those within the geographical coverage of existing ICT infrastructure will be developed;
12.9.5 Special programmes will be developed and executed to promote ICT skills among agricultural extension workers, managers of cooperatives and farmers;
12.9.6 Special project will be launched to develop database systems and applications including Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to support agricultural input resource management as well as to support land and water resource management, environmental monitoring and impact assessment, crop yield assessment and livestock management among others;
12.9.7 A monitoring and evaluation system will be developed for the conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources in the agricultural production process;
12.9.8 Two-way information dissemination to support the physical and socio-economic planning processes in the agricultural system will be developed