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6.8.4 STRATEGIES
a)
Create an integrated agricultural information system on agro-technologies
and techniques, pricing and market information for all agro products
in order to provide strategic information for farmers, government
authorities, and other stakeholders at national, provincial and district
levels;
b)
Undertake intensive ICT awareness campaigns for all types of farmers in
the use of traditional and new ICT tools at all levels;
c)
Intensify the use of Radio and TV programmes and integrate new technologies
as a means to reach extension workers and farmers alike;
d)
Develop weather and agro-meteorology early warning systems to
support agricultural production and predict as well as prevent disasters;
e)
Develop incentives for deployment of affordable ICT solutions to support
rural connectivity of farmers especially those within the catchments of
existing ICT infrastructure;
f)
Develop and promote ICT skills development among agricultural extension
workers and farmers;
g)
Develop database systems and applications including Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) to support agricultural input resource
management as well as to support land and water resource
management, environmental monitoring and impact assessment; crop
yield assessment and livestock management among others;
h)
Increase HIV/AIDS awareness using ICT tools as one of the strategies to
maintain the required manpower in the agricultural sector;
i)
Develop a monitoring and evaluation system for the conservation and sustainable
utilisation of natural resources in the agricultural production process;
j)
Promote two-way information dissemination to support the physical and
socio-economic planning processes in the agricultural system.
6.9
PROMOTING THE INTEGRATION OF ICT IN HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
The performance of the health delivery system has over the years been affected by
communication problems mainly due to distances between health delivery points and
administrative centres. This has affected delivery of drugs, messages and data
collection/dissemination. Another dimension is the recent exodus of experienced and
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