Hola Mistic@s
parece que los problemas reales de servidor para la comunidad virtual van a
dejarnos conversar otra vez.
aqui les mando info de alquien que busca info sobre TICs y pequenos
agricultores, en caso de que alguien tenga algo que compartir al respecto.
Escribirle directamente a OFarrell.
Saludos
Ricardo
Date: 29 Apr 99 05:25:21 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: ICt Research
To: [email protected], [email protected]
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) FOR SUSTAINABLE
LIVELIHOODS: PRELIMINARY STUDY April - October 1999.
AERDD and ITDG are conducting a world-wide research study to identify
livelihoods with specific reference to small scale producers and
disadvantaged communities in developing countries. A DFID funded study,
the research findings should identify further research priorities for
determining good practice and policy guidance.
- Do you know of anyone using ICTs with small-scale producers and/or
disadvantaged communities in rural areas?
- Do you have any material (published or not) on the information systems
used by these groups?
We are calling for CONTACTS (governmental, non-governmental and private
sector organisations working in the field) and INFORMATION (documented
examples, reports, articles) regarding the actual experience and real
effects that ICTs have on the lives of poor people and in particular on
small-scale producers, enterprises and the intermediary organisations that
support them. ICTs defined as technologies used for the collection,
processing and transmission of information in electronic (digital) format
e.g. radio, telephone, cell-phone, www, email.
1. Who owns / controls the ICTs?
2. How do other people access these ICTs
3. Who are these people (are they small-scale producers?)
4. Do they pay to access this information?
5. Can they access it many times?
6. What use is made of the information received from ICTs?
7. Does this apply to small-scale producers specifically?
8. When and how did the project begin?
Key Livelihood Issues
- Whether and how the spread of ICTs could result in the further
marginalisation of disadvantaged groups, and what can be done to mitigate
those adverse effects.
- Whether and how ICTs can be effectively used by low income, small-scale
producers to improve their productivity and competitiveness in market
economies.
Potential Users of the Findings
- Policy makers and others planning and implementing ICTs for poverty
reduction
- Ultimately the beneficiaries will be rural, small-scale producers and
marginalised communities, in developing countries.
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Ricardo Gomez, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer, PAN Global Networking
International Development Research Centre, IDRC
250 Albert St. PO Box 8500
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3H9 Canada
Tel +1(613) 236 6163 ext. 2546 fax +1(613) 567 7749
[email protected] http://www.idrc.ca
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