Workshop theme 3: ICTs transforming agricultural science, research and technology generation 
The workshop will take place during the Science Forum 2009 in Wageningen, Netherlands.

Programme | Background note on ICTs | Think-pieces and PPTs | Short report

Coordinator:  Ajit Maru (Agricultural Research Officer, GFAR) 

Lead discussants: 
• Venkataraman Balaji (ICRISAT)
• Peter Ballantyne (IAALD, The Netherlands)
• Judith Ann Francis (CTA, The Netherlands)
• Ehud Gelb (Center for Agricultural Economics Research, Israel)
• Johannes Keizer (FAO/KC)
• Nadia Manning (CGIAR/ICT-KM)
• Arman Manukyan (PROGIS, Austria) 
• Karin Nichterlein (FAO/NRR)
• Seishi Ninomiya (NARC, Japan)
• Enrica Porcari (ICT-KM, CGIAR)
• L.H. Prasetyo (Indonesian Research Institute for Animal Production)
• Simone Sala (FAO/NRR)
• Ahmed Rafea (American University, Egypt)
• Stanley Wood (IFPRI/CSI) 

The results from the GFAR poster competition on the theme "ICTs: Enabling Agricultural Science to Be a Social Endeavour" have been been announced and the posters and abstracts from the top ten entries are included below:

One winner was chosen for the GFAR sponsorship for participation in the Science Forum 2009:

K.A.S. Mani, P.S. Rao, and Das S.V. Govardhan:  Rural Information Kiosk: Taking IT to farmers for improving crop water efficiency in areas subjected to groundwater distress: an FAO-India initiative
Abstract | Poster

Nine other poster entries were accepted for presentation at the Science Forum 2009:

Adewale Aale Adekunle and Krishna Alluri:  ICT helping scientists engage Innovation citizens in southern Nigeria: A case of ICT reinforced Maize Innovation Cluster in Ago-Are, Oyo State of Nigeria 
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Alessandra Galié and Bernhard Hack:  The International Farmers Conference: Using mobile phones to tell stories and share knowledge 
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D. Barthélémy, N. Boujemaa, D. Mathieu, J.-F. Molino, P.Bonnet, T. Le Bourgeois, P. Grard, J. Prospéri, P. Birnbaum, F.Theveny, R.Enficiaud:  Pl@ntWeed, a collaborative weeds identification platform and tools 
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Danièle Clavel, Christine Andela, Souleyman Ouattara, and Oumy Ndiaye:  Innovations and learning processes in rural zones of Africa: Interactive knowledge-sharing gateways for sustainable social as well as technical progress 
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Evelyn Katingi, Ravi Prabhu, Antonella Pastore, Michael Marus, and Muthoni Njiru:  Routes to better partnership: A map of CGIAR research in Africa 
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L.H. Prasetyo, T. Susanti, S. Sopiyana, P.P. Ketaren, E. Juwarini, Sumanto, U. Fitrotin, and D. Sudarman:  Empowering Small-Scale Farmers Through Participation of Women Group in Indonesia: Training and Publication Media as Mean of Technology Transfer 
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Myra Wopereis-Pura, Dady Demby, Francois Stepman, Krishan Bheenick, Kone Anatole, and Jacky Nyagahima:  Connecting people to catalyze African agricultural innovation-Regional Agricultural Information and Learning Systems (RAILS) of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
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Neelam Lavanya Kiran:  The Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics-a case study of a process prototype for fostering drought preparedness among vulnerable communities
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Tosiah Sadi, N. Mohd Shukor, K. Maya Izar, I. Salma, J. Rosliza, M. Muhamad Radzali, and A. Khadijah:  AgrobIS: MARDI effort on sharing information of Agriculture biodiversity
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