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Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

PPPs in e-Agriculture are generally found at the community level where the strengths of the public and private sectors complement each other in providing information and advisory services that address the needs of farmers and rural communities. The public sector’s mandate for provision of information and services can be best achieved through harnessing the potential of the private sector to add local context in a commercial environment. 

The public sector's mandate for provision of information and services can be best achieved through harnessing the potential of the private sector to add local context in a commercial environment.  However, there are key obstacles that must be overcome, including clarifying public/private sector roles,  developing solutions to poor infrastructure, and generating sufficient awareness of services among farmers. 

In this section, you will find a wide range of materials looking at various e-agriculture PPP models and how PPPs can facilitate the generation and delivery of relevant and timely content, particularly to reach the most isolated farmers.

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http://www.cedro.org.pe/
11/01/2013

In the San Martín region, the Mayor of the Banda de Shilcayo district, Luis Neira León, has decided to support the consolidation of alternative crops project through the construction of a telecentre in their community. This telecentre is a communication platform which attempts to strengthen...

 
Source: http://www.satnetwork.org/
07/11/2012

The Southern Africa Telecentre Network (SATNET) facilitates exchange of experiences and linkages to improve knowledge exchange and collaboration among telecentres within the region. As part of a recent Forum Management and Development Workshop, SATNET has adopted as top priority the provision of...

 
28/09/2012

Measuring the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) for community development is critical, yet it remains elusive. The article Users' Perceptions of the Impact of Public Access Computing in Colombia: Libraries, Telecenters, and Cybercafés presents findings from...

 
Farmers Associates of Pakistan
19/09/2012

Farmers Associates of Pakistan (FAP) is in the process of developing the country's first-ever farmers' call centre, enabling the farming community get access to latest agriculture and trade information.   Dr Mohammad Tariq Bucha, president of the Farmers Associates of Pakistan, said...

 
25/07/2011

"Sustainability First is a research publication, capturing the lessons learned from a two year long qualitative research carried out between 2007-2008, on economic sustainability of telecentres. Research work included in depth studies in five telecentre network operations in four countries;...

 
19/11/2010

Coinciding with their 2010 ICT4D conference "ICT for Rural Economic Development", GTZ has published a new topic sheet on the potential impact of ICTs on rural economies. Macro-economic impacts such as on employment, investment and exports are considered. The Sector Project ICT for Development,...

 
06/10/2010

FAO and members of the e-Agriculture Community are organizing a special half day session at the ICTD2010 Conference called e-Agriculture perspectives: enhancing the impact of ICT in rural development. Below you will find an abstract and description of the session focus. Comments on this text as...

 
07/02/2008

  Book: "Telecentres: Case studies and key issues". The Commonwealth of Learning, 2001. Colin Latchem and David Walker, Editors. ISBN: 1-895369-88-6.   Telecentres: Case studies and key issues: management, operations, applications, evaluation.   The book opens with a global...