APAARI Organized ICT/ICM Sensitization Workshop for NARS Leaders and Senior Managers

Based on the recommendations of an APAARI-GFAR organized Inter-regional Workshop on Advocacy and Collaboration for ICT/ICM in ARD in July 2006, in which representatives of all RFs, GFAR, FAO and other global agricultural information systems participated, APAARI published a collection of success stories and best practices of ICT and ICM in ARD as an advocacy tool. The publication is entitled “Selected Success Stories on Agricultural Information Systems” and available at APAARI web site (www.apaari.org).

As a follow up of the above advocacy efforts, the present workshop entitled “Sensitization and Awareness Building Workshop on ICT/ICM in ARD for the Leaders and Senior Managers of Member NARS” was organized by APAARI in collaboration with GFAR-FAO on 30th August 2007 at PCAARD, Philippines. The workshop program was developed in consultation with GFAR and APAARI members and also based on the recommendations of three APAARI Expert Consultations and two training programs on ICT/ICM in ARD (Annexure I: Workshop Program). There were 21 NARS Leaders and Senior Managers, representing 10 countries and 3 sub-regions of Asia-Pacific.