Making the Web 2.0 Link with Agriculture

The Web 2.0 Making the Link with Agriculture

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Team  Syndicate

St. Lucia is the first Island in the OECS, to be part of the Web 2.0 Learning opportunity which is part of CTA initiatives that support the development of partners in networking, accessing and disseminating information more effectively.

This workshop which was organised by the host institution - Ministry of Agriculture, Food Production, Fisheries and Rural Development - in collaboration with the OECS, CARDI and CTA; with training facilitation by INFOCOMM Technologies Ltd (ICT Ltd) and ran from November  26th - 30th, 2012.

Team Syndicate members have had many "wow" moments throughout the week of learning. Dropbox, blogging, wikis as well as mapping, google drive, alerts and readers are recognised to be valuable web based tools that we can used in our respective workplaces. Without a doubt, the Web 2.0 learning opportunities has provided all participants with the necessary tools to network, disseminate and access information in the field of Agriculture.

Members of Team Syndicate, are very excited for this opportunity which they have received, and we are equally excited to venture out into the wider community to share and promote the use of these ICT tools to students, (young) professionals and women in the rural and agricultural sector.

The Web 2.0 tools provides countless opportunities for the transfer of technology in real time and the development of smart networks that contribute to participatory rural and agricultural development in the areas such as agricultural marketing, food safety, food /nutrition security 

Already, the students within the Division of Agriculture at the SALCC has been engaged in the application of one of the tools that was learnt this week and there is the commitment to encouraging optimal use the internet tools and electronic devices familiar to them for optimal learning in the short run and the technological advancement of the sector in the medium to long term.