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Agricultural
information professionals in Africa, under the aegis of the
International Association for Agricultural Information Specialists
(IAALD), will be organising a conference from 21 to 26 May,
2006 in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the conference is "Managing
Agricultural Information for Sustainable Food Security and
Improved Livelihoods in Africa".
Conference Objectives
The main objectives of the conference are:
- To
establish and launch an African Chapter of IAALD
- To
create a platform where agriculture information professionals,
scientists and other stakeholders interested in African
agricultural information for research development can interact
and learn from each others' experiences
- To
exchange ideas and help develop the skills of African information
managers in information handling and management to facilitate
access to available vital resource.
Programme Theme
The main themes of the conference will be:
- Building
capacity in Agricultural Information Resources Management
- Enabling
Policy for Agricultural Information Management
- Narrowing
the Digital Divide
- Knowledge
Sharing and Information Systems for Networking and Partnerships
- Meeting
the Information Needs of Stakeholders
Further
Information
Full
conference information - registration, and submission of papers
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Submission
of papers deadline is 15 November 2005 to
Mr. Clement Entsua-Mensah paakwesi71@yahoo.co.uk
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