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Gender, ICTs and agriculture
How can resource-poor rural women in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve their agricultural production, food processing and food provision?
This paper analyses the situation of gender, ICTs and agriculture in ACP nations, through identifying opportunities and challenges to rural women's effective use of these technologies. The report provides an overview of gender and ICT concerns in these countries, along with an extensive survey of key organizations and initiatives dealing with gender and ICTs.
These include innovative projects on information exchange, access provision, rural income generation, ICT skills training for micro enterprise development, rural Telecenters, wireless connectivity, rural radio and ICT-assisted education. The paper also analyzes gender-related projects implemented by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) ACP-EU and proposes actions for including gender concerns in CTA's work. Priority among them is promoting research, training and capacity building, and access to ICTs, as well as increasing networking and exchange of experiences
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