Agriculture

Information networks enabled by ICTs and high-value crops in Bolivia

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Report on an experience of collaboration between an institution dedicated to the research and development of agriculture, and a group of farmers. (In Spanish).

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The 'Primera Milla' project

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The project aims to determine how ICTs can help small farmers work together in the analysis of problems, and cooperate to establish efficient and equitable relations with the market. (In Spanish).

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The network TICBolivia dispels the myth that ICTs are there only to be used by urban ruling classes

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Efforts in the field of ICT projectsshould assure more benefits for the final users. Examples from ICT in schools and agricultural sector.

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Combating rural poverty. The funcion of ICTs.

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The process is more important than access alone. The content is more important than the machine. (The study is broader than LAC.) (In Spanish).

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Knowledge sharing for rural development

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The creation of mechanisms to generate and share knowledge is now a condition of survival of rural communities. How can new ICTs can foster effective knowledge sharing.

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ICTs in rural extension: new opportunities

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Analysis of current rural extension programs. (In Spanish).

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Installing meshed Internet and VOIP in remote Bolivian towns

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LocustWorld and IICD are building a wireless mesh and bringing internet connectivity and voice telephony in remote mountain towns to support the Bolivian agricultural economy.

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Internet with a poncho and a sombrero. Indigenous people are adapating to and using ICTs. The main actors in this effort in Bo

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Native populations are using and adapting to the new ICTs. (In Spanish).

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Enhancing rural livelihoods: The role of ICTs

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Case studies include Argentina, where the non-government organisation, TEDEL, is encouraging technology graduates to move from the city back in their home communities so they may become local ICT entrepreneurs and strengthen local capacity through their own business model.

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Wireless Networks and Rural Development: Opportunities for Latin America

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The document maintains that the development of low cost wireless technologies for access to information is a promising option for developing countries, particularly for the poorest and most peripheral areas.

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