LIRNEasia and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority co-hosted an event titled “What can telecommunications do for Agriculture?” in Islamabad on 3rd July 2012. The event was intended to stimulate cross-sectoral conversations between the telecommunications and agriculture sectors in Pakistan and was the first event of its kind in Pakistan.
The presentations from the event are given below:
Welcome note by Dr Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA
Session 1: Information needs and ICT access by the poor
- Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, LIRNEasia
How the poor use ICTs: Findings from multi-country studies of Teleuse at the Bottom of the Pyramid - Ms. Nilusha Kapugama, LIRNEasia
Understanding smallholders’ information and knowledge needs - Dr Kevin Gallagher, FAO representative in Pakistan
My ICT wish list for Agriculture
Session 2: Rural ICT applications and services
- Ms. Mahrukh Siraj, CABI – South Asia
Agriculture Knowledge Management projects in Pakistan - Mr Shahid Uddin Akbar, Bangladesh Institute of ICT 4 Development (BIID)
Making Telecom works for Agriculture: Sharing BIID experiences in Bangladesh - Mr Sriganesh Lokanathan, LIRNEasia
Mobile Agricultural Information Services (MAIS): where we are and what next? - Mr Javed Salim Qureshi, Four Brothers Group
Role of Telecom in Agriculture - Mr Tughral Turab Ali, Telenor
An introduction to Agriculture Commodity Trade - Mr Saif-ur-Rehman, Sohni Dharti TV
Sohni Dharti: Asia’s First Agriculture TV
Session 3: Creating an enabling environment for agricultural VAS: what needs to be done and by whom?
Chairperson: Dr. Muhammad Yaseen, Chairman PTA
Panelists: Dr. Kevin Gallagher (FAO), Dr. Rohan Samarajiva (LIRNEasia), Mr Sriganesh Lokanathan (LIRNEasia), Mr Shahid Uddin Akbar, BIID (Bangladesh), Mr Tughral Turab Ali (Telenor), Ms. Mahrukh Siraj (CABI – South Asia)
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2 Comments
Nandasiri Wanninayaka
I went through Prof. Rohan Samarajiva’s presentation. Very interesting findings. Sri Lanka is way ahead in the region and only second to Thailand in the countries considered for the research. Hope the Sri Lankan mobile service providers will work on launching more apps that will help the farmers.
Rohan Samarajiva
You might want to define “way ahead.” It’s a densely populated country with a decent level of education, so I am not surprised.
LIRNEasia does not work in countries with per cap GNI equal to or more than Malaysia. The day that I will be happy is when we can no longer work on Sri Lanka.
Inward or outward looking policies post COVID-19?
Today I participated in a Zoom meeting organized by the Nightwatchman Society attended by around 200 participants where the above question was discussed by a panel of four, including myself. The recording of the discussion is here.
Insights from our work on agriculture to inform current debates on post-COVID-19 economy
Now is the right time to rethink food-supply chains. As the expected shocks from climate change (longer droughts, more floods, etc.
Insights for current food security debates from our work on agricultural supply chains
In previous research going back to 2006, LIRNEasia has studied food supply chains, including, but not limited to, fruit and vegetable supply chains in Sri Lanka centered on Sri Lanka’s largest wholesale market in Dambulla which was recently shut down by the government along with several other wholesale markets. The closures were preceded by scenes of massive over supply, frustrated farmers throwing away unsold produce in large quantities, claims that the traditional traders were exploitative “middlemen,” and counterclaims that politicians were seeking to replace them, etc.
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