{"product_id":"2940149082094","title":"Information and Communication Technologies \/ Management in Agricultural Research for Development in the Asia-Pacific Region","description":"Realizing the need for policy advocacy, APAARI has brought out the status report on “Information and\u003cbr\u003eCommunication Technologies in Agricultural Research for Development in the Asia-Pacific Region” in\u003cbr\u003e2004 unfolding the status of ICT\/ICM in the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in the\u003cbr\u003eregion which was well received by ARD stakeholders and other groups. Since 2004, there have been\u003cbr\u003erapid advances in ICT\/ICM and significant increase in its use and application in agricultural research\u003cbr\u003eand innovation systems in the region. Therefore, it was felt necessary to update the previous report\u003cbr\u003ebased on the current status of ICT\/ICM in AR4D in the Asia-Pacific Region.\u003cbr\u003eThe current report shows that less developed countries are lagging behind in using more advanced\u003cbr\u003eICTs such as database management, modeling, GIS, remote sensing and knowledge based systems.\u003cbr\u003eOn the contrary, in number of countries, it is found that the use and application of ICT in extension,\u003cbr\u003eoutreach and marketing services have considerably expanded due to interventions by governments,\u003cbr\u003eprivate sector, NGOs and other agencies especially to empower people with knowledge. Despite the\u003cbr\u003eprogress, there are problems in upscaling, outscaling and sustainability of these initiatives.\u003cbr\u003eWith agriculture becoming increasingly knowledge intensive, there is a growing digital divide between\u003cbr\u003ethe more economically developed and developing countries due to lack of leadership, political\u003cbr\u003ecommitment, investment both in financial and in human capacities, inability to generate new\u003cbr\u003eknowledge or make it available, accessible, applicable and useful to learning and use by agricultural\u003cbr\u003ecommunities. There is an urgent need for mainstreaming ICT\/ICM at various levels, in the policies,\u003cbr\u003estrategies, governance, structures and work processes so that they are more focused on generating\u003cbr\u003ethe primary output, new knowledge, that is relevant, useful and effective with good impact on\u003cbr\u003eagricultural as well as overall development.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108926374128,"sku":"2940149082094","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149082094_p0.jpg?v=1763712559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149082094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}