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Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECT IN MALAYSIA INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECT IN MALAYSIA KAMARUDIN SAADAN Expert Consultation on Strengthening Regional Agricutural Information System: Role of ICT in ARD 1 -3 December 2003, Bangkok Thailand

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Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute

INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INAGRICULTURE: CURRENT STATUS AND

FUTURE PROSPECT IN MALAYSIA

INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INAGRICULTURE: CURRENT STATUS AND

FUTURE PROSPECT IN MALAYSIA

KAMARUDIN SAADAN

Expert Consultation on Strengthening Regional AgricuturalInformation System: Role of ICT in ARD

1 -3 December 2003, BangkokThailand

Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE USE OF ICT IN AGRICULTURE

THE ROLE OF ICT IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

ICT MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE

AGENDA

BACKGROUND OF THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY

FUTURE PROSPECT

CONCLUDING REMARKS

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AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA (BASIC FACTS)

IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF NATIONAL ECONOMY

TWO TYPES OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM : ESTATE & SMALLHOLDING

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MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY

Increasing food import bill

Acute labor shortage

Low productivity and uneconomic size of the smallholders sector

The need to be more competitive

Limited development of the high value-added resource-based products

Greater concerns for the environment

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THIRD NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY (1998 – 2010)

To enhance food security

To increase productivity and competitiveness

To deepen linkages with other sectors

To create new sources of growth for the sector

To conserve and utilize natural resources on a sustainable basis

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THIRD NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY(1998 – 2010)

R & D is expected to play an important role to revitalize the agriculture sector

Knowledge-based agriculture will be the main thrust

The main challenge is disseminating vast amount of information generated by

research activities

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ICT SUPPORT IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

HELP NEW AGRICULTURAL ENTITIES TO OPERATE MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLYTHROUGH INFORMATION NETWORK

PROVIDE INFORMATION ON LAND RESOURCES

PROVIDE INFORMATION ON INCENTIVES AND FINANCE

PROVIDE SPECIALISED INFORMATION NETWORK

ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS

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AGROLINK:INFORMATION CONTENT

AGROLINK:AGROLINK:INFORMATION CONTENTINFORMATION CONTENT

INTEGRATED AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENTPROJECTINTEGRATED AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENTPROJECT

POLICY AND LEGISLATIONPOLICY AND LEGISLATION

MAIN PUBLICATIONSMAIN PUBLICATIONS

CALENDER AND EVENTSCALENDER AND EVENTS

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSPARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

One stop center electronically linking the four Dept.and eight Agencies with other relevant focal

Points in agricultural development

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DEPARTMENTS UNDER MOADEPARTMENTS UNDER MOA

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AGENCIES UNDER MOA (1)AGENCIES UNDER MOA (1)

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AGENCIES UNDER MOA (2)AGENCIES UNDER MOA (2)

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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE USE OF ICT

INFRASTRUCTURE

DIGITAL DIVIDE

HUMAN RESOURCES AND CAPACITY BUILDING

RELEVANT CONTENTS

PUBLIC AWARENESS

OTHER ISSUES – STANDARD; EDCONOMIC, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL OBSTACLES

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THE NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENDA(NITA)

Formulated in 1996 to provide a comprehensiveFramework for the development in the Information Age

• Aims to transform the nation into a value-based knowledge society according to vision 2020

• Focuses on comprehensive human development• Leverages on trisectoral partnership between the

public, private and community interest sectors; and

• Top-down and bottom-up approaches for planning and implementation

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CONTENT & APPLICATIONSCONTENT & APPLICATIONSSolutions for Info. Age work and lifeSolutions for Info. Age work and life

ACCESS AND

ACCESS & EQUITY QUALITATIVE

TRANSFORMATION

VALUES BASED KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY by

2020

PEOPLEPEOPLEcomprehensive comprehensive

human developmenthuman development

NITA APPROACH: People First & Addressing People’s Need

• Connectivity• Equitable access to info• Culture of learning• Info literacy

Sustainable societal innovation for better Quality of

Life

CREATING VALUEINFOSTRUCTUREINFOSTRUCTURE

Info. Age development foundation• Innovation systems, creativity,

entrepreneurship through R&D• Life long learning

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THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA

Participating governance for quality of life

Network of communities dynamically participating in the process of governance to enhance the quality of life

E-Community

Delivery mode of public goods and services

Public, Private and Community Sectors providing people-oriented, customer-focused services electronically

E-Public Services

Knowledge-driven economy

All sector of economy creating value and wealth thru’ participation in the knowledge-driven global economy

E-Economy

KEY-FOCUSVISIONTHRUST

THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA cont.. 1/2

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THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA

Resilient National Identity

Citizens and institutions focus on enhancing national identity, integrity and societal stability in the face of borderless challenges to our sovereignty

E-Sovereignty

A life-long learning culture

Formal and informal networks providing opportunity and cultivating an ethos of life-long learning for individual organizational, institutional and societal advancement

E-LearningKEY-FOCUSVISIONTHRUST

THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA cont….2/2

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FUTURE PROSPECT

E-ECONOMY

E-PUBLIC SERVICES

E-COMMUNITY

E-LEARNING

E-SOVEREIGNTY

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STRATEGY ON INTERNET PENETRATION ACROSS THE NATION

• Universal Service Programme

• PC Ownership Campaign

• Rural Internet Centres Programmes and Local (Rural) Content Development

• e-community

• Community Awareness Programmes

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UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAMME

• ‘Empowerment’ of the public thru’ the provision of network services that will enable individuals and collective access to information as well as knowledge building/generation for the society and for the nation

• Equitable access and balanced development between the urban and ‘underserved’ areas as well as between the information-rich and the ‘underserved’ groups

• Industry development thru’ the growth and development of e-commerce

• To make Malaysia a global hub thru’ the availability of communications infrastructure that can convince and attract foreign as well as local investment

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PC OWNERSHIP CAMPAIGN

• To propel the rapid growth of PC adoption throughout Malaysia with interactive tools for business, banking, home, entertainment, education, health and multimedia application

• To promote widespread Internet usage including in the rural areas, and the expansion of e-commerce in the local marketplace especially amongst small and medium-sized business (SMBs)

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RURAL INTERNET CENTRES PROGRAMMES AND LOCAL (RURAL) CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

• Rural Internet Centres (RIC) as an initiative to enhance the usage of communications technology in the rural areas

• The development of technology or content application via the Rural Portal and the individual village web sites to complement the hands-on operations of the RICs

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E-COMMUNITY (Definition)

A group of people who shares interests and beliefs of embracing the ICT as

a technological thrust in the daily interaction and transaction to improve the live via significant means

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E-COMMUNITY (Objectives)

• To enhance competitive ability, productivity and creativity

• To maintain the service-based economy acquired from ICT knowledge and skills; and

• To build a socio-economic ‘empowerment’ foundation towards a civil society

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E-ECONOMY

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E-COMMUNITY

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COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAMMES

• Offer basic computer familiarisation and literacy module

• Attempt to identify and groom the ‘Champions’ from among the community

Activities:• Identify the Champions• Training the ‘Trainers’ or the ‘Champions’• Support and Cooperation of MoE and

Institutions of Higher Learning to ensure sustainability of programmes

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BDD :Target Groups & Champions

Main Target Groups Champions

Rural, underserved communities and natives of Sabah & SarawakUrban poor Women Youth Disabilities GroupSenior CitizensSMEs

Min. of Rural Dev.

Min. of Rural Dev.

Min. of Women & Family Dev.Min. of Youth and Sports

Min. of National Unity & Social Dev.

Min. of National Unity & Social Dev.Min. of Entrepreneur Dev

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CONCLUDING REMARKS• Smart partnership among the community,

public and private

• Identifications of the real issues are necessary to formula the right issues – Connectivity, Content, Capacity Development, Collaboration and Capital

• Appropriate policies, strategies, programmesand projects are needed to address the issues

• Planning, Coordination and monitoring is critical

• Identify the ‘Champions’

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End of presentation….

THANK YOUTERIMA KASIH

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PROPOSED FUNDING MODEL: 3W2R1A*

Private Sector

Community SectorPublicSector

* Win-win-win, Risk-taking and Reward Sharing with common action/vision