Science Forum Workshop Theme 3 ICT-enabled Agricultural Science for Development Scenarios, Opportunities, Issues by Kevin Painting, CTA ICTs transforming agricultural science, research & technology generation Science Forum Workshop Theme 3
Scenarios Evolution of laptops (netbooks) Started by OLPC -> move to smaller, cheaper, slimmed down devices relying on wireless connections Greater wireless connectivity Leading to broadband internet connectivity Data sharing between devices
Opportunties Mobile financial services Mobile extension services e.g. M-Pesa (Kenya, 2007). Predicted value of the sector in 2010: $5 bn Mobile extension services Nokia Life Tools Q & A services (SMS)
Issues Ethical issues Business models Privacy issues Google Maps & Google Translate Village pump (Nokia and Safaricom, Kenya) Privacy issues
More Information Netbooks: small but disruptive Economist article http://tinyurl.com/msmdpk ICT4D Dossier http://www.newsfordev.org/ ICT Update http://ictupdate.cta.int painting@cta.int