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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
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