By:

Case Study:

NARI’s ICT Network Implementation

Karo GEBO

2013 ICT Observatory:

Lessons learnt in the Formulation

or Implementation of ICT for

Agriculture strategies in the ACP

The National Agricultural

Research Institute’s Work in

PNG

Overview

http://youtu.be/ay4JpaioBjg

ICT to achieve

Making these information available to the stakeholders/farmers, create networking and

feedback

Innovation

Information Communicati

on Technology

Information Generated by NARI

ICT INFRASTRUCTURE

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AGRICULTUREINFORMATIONSYSTEMS (AIS)

ISSUES & CONSIDERATIONS

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WAY FORWARD

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•Depend on dial-up1

•ADSL available/OPGW2

•Line rates drop3

• High internet charges4

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•Wider distribution of 3G-M5

•3G-M limited to urban area6

•Poor coverage in rural area7

• Satellite vital for rural areas8

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• NAIS (PNG NARI)1

• http://web.maxus.net.au/mais%20website/index.html2

• Market Information by FPDA3

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• Language (PNG over 800)

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• Link - NARI & GoPNG2

• Free Information sharing3

• Open Access Initiative4

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• Widely accepted standards

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• Machine readable format6

• Facilitate free infor. access

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• Open source tools8

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Time

Pro

ject

s P

lan

Development of Databases

SMS for

farmer

feedback/networking

Live Data

accessible on web

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