Presentations

Unit 1

The role of information in promoting worldwide food security. Dr Anton Mangstl, Information Division, FAO. 

Impact and sustainability of information systems. Dr Rodney Cooke, ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Netherlands

Information highway and management of developing countries' content. Mr Bonaventure Mve-Onde, Agence Universitaire Francophone (Bureau Afrique),

Lessons learned from communities and information society in Africa. Dr Gaston Zongo, ACACIA, and Mr Innocent Butare, International Development and Research Centre (Canada)

Unit 2: Impact of information on decision making (Panel session)

Unit 3: Isolation and professional adaptation

Isolation and professional adaptation. Mr Peter Walton, Fiji Islands

Unit 4: Professional adaptation and human resource development

Changing needs of information professionals and adaptation of training curricula. Prof. L.D. Aina, University of Botswana

Information professionals and agricultural producers: gaps and prospects for alliances. Ms Khady Kane-Toure, Senegal

The status of the profession and challenges for training in the third millennium. Dr M'Baye Thiam, EBAD, Senegal

The role of GIS in valorising agricultural communities in the tropical dry zone. Dr Magatte Ba, Centre for Ecological Protection (CSE), Senegal

Challenges of agricultural information in the context of Senegalese decentralisation. Mr Raymond Sala Dione, UPA, Senegal

Continuing education and institutional development. Mr Amadou Diop, IPD/AOS, Burkino Faso

Unit 5: Economic crisis and its impact on information services

Achieving effective information programmes under economic and financial constraints. Dr Dennis Rangi, CAB International (Africa), Kenya

Contract management: a new government policy for output financing of products and services. Drs Hans van Hartevelt, Head of Information, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherlands

Unit 6: Technological changes and revolution

How information and communication technologies will be affecting our business. Ms Pamela Andre, Director, National Agricultural Library, USA

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EIARD Infosys. Dr Hubertus Franzen, ZADI, Germany

Multihost database interfaces -- the need for a networked information landscape at the beginning of the third millennium. Dr Holger Friedrich, ZADI, Germany

Scientific multimedia applications. Mr Benoit Girardot, CIRAD, France

Challenges in using new information technologies for information provision of forestry research in Ghana. Dr Margaret Sraku-Lartey, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library. Mr Gracian Chimwaza, TEEAL Project, Zimbabwe

Introducing the information and communication technologies in community sustainable land management in the Tambacounda region of Senegal. Mr Abdou Fall, FRAO, Senegal

Information and environmental monitoring using Internet. Mr Djibril Ndiaye, Centre for Ecological Protection (CSE), Senegal

Unit 7: Collaboration and partnership

Alliance strategies in agricultural information management. Dr Jean-Francoise Giovannetti, CIRAD, France

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China's agricultural information in transition. Dr Qiaoqiao Zhang, Senior Project Officer & China Representative, CAB International, England

Role of information in regional integration of agricultural research: the CORAF information system. Dr N'Diaga M'Baye and Mr Day Demby, CORAF

Regional co-operation: the Central and Eastern European scenario. Mr Michal Demes, FAO Office, Hungary, and Dr Laszlo Papocsi, GAK Information Division, Hungary

Promoting the essential role of collaboration and partnerships in development initiatives. Dr Peggy Johnson, University of Minnesota, USA

Progress of a decade of US/Central and Eastern European Agriculture Library Roundtables: a Slovenian perspective. Dr Tomaz Bartol, Slovenia

Development of IAALD activities in the Slovak Republic under Central and Eastern European Conditions. Dr Marcela Chrenekova and Dr Juraj Gogora, Slovakia