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Publications / Documentation</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">What type of
publications / documentation
(case studies, success stories, reports, best practices, briefing papers
etc.)
you would need to update your knowledge to support your organisation’s
activities. Mention topics / subject areas in which you need
documentation /
publications that serve your purpose. <br></span></font></p><ul><li><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">ICTs initiatives</span></span></font></b></li>
<li><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Open Access</span></span></font></b></li><li><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Free and Open Source Software</span></span></font></b></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">2.
Capacity Building</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">What type of
capacity building
programs (training, workshops, seminars, expert meetings etc.) you would
need
to improve your capacities to manage agricultural information systems at
the
national level or in your organisation. Mention specific areas of
ICT/ICM
(technical and managerial) in which you feel capacity is lacking or
inadequate.</span></font></p>
<ul><li><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> <font color="#ff0000">Institutional Repositories Management</font></span></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">3.
Advocacy for Change</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">What type of
advocacy is needed to
enable your agricultural information system to work efficiently? Mention
areas
in which you feel APAARI, as a regional organisation, should advocate
for
change in ICT/ICM for AR4D.</span></font></p>
<ul><li><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><font color="#ff0000">Community approach on the lines of Open Source Community Software Development</font></span></font></b></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">4.
Information Systems and Services</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">What type of
information systems and
services APAARI should extend to you on regular basis. Mention specific
information exchange platforms, services and tools that you feel
important to share
information and knowledge at the regional level.</span></font></p></div></div></blockquote><div><ul><li><font color="#ff0000"><font size="4"><b>Open Journal Systems, Eprints, DSpace, Harvester</b></font></font></li></ul>
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other needs</span></font></b></p></div></div></blockquote><div><ul><li><font size="4"><b><font color="#ff0000">Open Access and Free Software Advocacy </font></b></font></li></ul></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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</span></font></b></p></div></div></blockquote><div>The text in red are the areas which I feel should be stressed upon by APAARI.<br><br>Thanking you<br><br>With Regards<br>Sridhar<br><br><br>Sridhar Gutam<br>Scientist<br>
Unit of Simulation and Informatics<br>Indian Agricultural Research Institute<br>New Delhi 110012 <br></div>