following: monitoring and forecasting production yields; tracking and locating livestock throughout the country; create a database to register livestock levels and prevent theft; and control the spread of diseases. The national e-agriculture strategy is to accomplish the following: a. Computerize all records related to agricultural management; b. Create an on-line agricultural information system to provide strategic information on agro-technologies and techniques, weather forecasting, pricing and marketing information; c. Work with the private sector to find a cost-effective means of meeting the communication needs of the sector; d. Develop and maintain a nation-wide geographical information system to monitor agricultural land use and manage natural resources at national and district levels; e. Encourage farmers and agriculturalist to conduct transactions of their products on the Internet; f. Link rural agricultural producers to markets. g. Monitor the sustainable utilization of natural resources in agriculture production 5.12.4 E-Forestry E-Forestry is the showcasing of national forestry programs and the dissemination of information electronically regarding the specific species of plants and animals located within the Liberian landscape as well as the identification of their location under a holistic national policy. Such programs shall not be limited to cataloguing how endangered species must be protected but it shall also provide developments of all kinds about the Liberian Forestry Sector. 5.12.5 E-Education The GoL recognizes the importance of education in alleviating poverty. Since 2006, investments in education and human resource development have been a major priority of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). The Liberian Government is committed to a comprehensive program of rapid deployment, utilization and exploitation of ICTs within the formal educational system as well as vocational institutions. The national e-education strategy aims to: a. Encourage all educational institutions to invest in computers and to connect to the Internet; b. Promote electronic distance learning, training and virtual learning systems to compliment and supplement campus-based education and training systems; c. Develop ICT curricula for all levels of the educational system; d. Work with the private sector to create affordable packages and schemes under which students, teachers and educational institutions can afford ICT products and services; e. Develop standards for the certification of ICT professionals; f. Encourage public and private sector apprenticeship programs, internship, co-opts and work-study programs in ICT; g. Encourage the private sector in its delivery of on-the-job ICT training and 39