1. Development of a National Agricultural Information System (NAIS) Presented by: Eng. Basma’a al-Manaseer 17-20,April 2009

2. UnitQualityItems Km ² 89.287Total Area Km ² 8.515Area of cultivation: Km ² 2615Agricultural area Km ² 5.878Population size %2.6Population increasing rate person5.4Average private household size %51.5Percentage of males %48.5Percentage of females %37.3Population less than 15 years of age %59.5Population 15-64 years age %3.2Population above 65 years age Introduction

3. years20.3Median age 9.3Illiteracy rate 90.7Literacy rate JD/Person/Year14.2Poverty ratio JD/Person/Year392Poverty line 14.0Unemployment rate %3.1Percentage of employees in agriculture 6.3Inflation rate No.614000No. of telephone lines subscribers Percentage of households owning: %86Mobile phones %36Personal computer %16Internet service at home

4. Back ground   Reliable agricultural information constitutes a corner stone in the planning of agricultural development and formulating relevant policies. The availability of this information is critical in order to enable those involved in the agricultural sector, whether they are individuals or institutions, to make decisions on valid and scientific bases. However, the currently available agricultural information in Jordan is inadequate as a result of many factors, in particular

5.   The array of institutions that collect agricultural data and information, and the diversity of the methodologies they use, which often leads to contradictory and unreliable information.   The lack of certain types of data and information required in support of the development of the agricultural sector. .  The lack of coordination and collaboration between institutions concerned with data collection and information provision on the one hand, and information users in the public and private sectors on the other.

6.   The National Agricultural Development Strategy (2002-2010), which was approved by His Majesty the King on 15 July 2002, referred specifically to the development of information and communication capabilities at a national and sub-national level.   The common vision derived from the workshop was to establish a National Agricultural Information System (NAIS) that would strengthen and improve agricultural information generation, management, dissemination and exchange for policy-makers, senior managers and national stakeholder groups, using web-based applications and tools.

7.  The envisaged NAIS was expected to assemble and make accessible information that would: -Support policy and decision-making in relation to national planning. -Provide the basis for monitoring and assessing agricultural production and development. -Support research and development, and disseminate the outputs. -Support extension services. -Provide an institutional memory for the MOA.

8. NAIS   Project Symbol:TCP/JOR/3102 (D)   Starting Date: October 2007   Completion Date: December 2009   Government Ministry responsible for project execution: Ministry of Agriculture   FAO Contribution: US$272 000

9.   NAIS is a national platform for Information and knowledge sharing and exchange for Agricultural Research and Development (ARD) for target groups and stakeholders in Jordan

10. NAIS Objective   The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture to establish an effective and efficient information system that will support agricultural development and ensure food security in Jordan, based on the needs and demands of its stakeholders and integrating the various resources in the MOA.

11. NAIS Modules

12. - A national information strategy for agricultural science and technology formulated - An implementation plan for the development of a virtual Jordan Agricultural Information Centre (JAIC) drawing on inputs from existing Departments within MOA NAIS OUTPUTS (RESULTS) - An elementary information network for the agricultural sector, consisting of the major stakeholders, and coordinated by the ICD/MOA.

13. - A pilot National Agricultural Information System (NAIS), including modules on documents, institutions, experts and projects, facilitating access to other agricultural information services and databases relevant to the Jordanian agricultural sector - A team of ten technical staff at the ICD/MOA trained in Modern information management

14. - A project proposal for further development of NAIS formulated and ready for submission to potential donors - Professional staff and senior managers in the agricultural sector introduced to the use of modern information technologies and to the strategic management approaches and skills required to implement new structures and procedures for effective information management

15. NAIS Achievements Organizational arrangements: - Designation of the National Project Coordinator. - Establishment of the NAIS Technical Steering Committee.Establishment of the NAIS Technical Steering Committee. - Joint Supervisory Technical Service mission by GIL and RNE to launch project activities

16. NAIS MOAENCAREDOSFUNIC MOI ACCAGRISJNALNRCFAO NAIS Technical Steering committee

17. - Initial workshop of representatives from agricultural institutions and stations and other stakeholder groups(22/10/2007) - Seminar for senior managers and donors in the agricultural sector (24/10/2007).

18. Recruitment of national consultants as: - Information and Communication Management (ICM) Specialist -Telecommunications and Networking (TN) -Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Specialist. -Recruitment of national Project Technical Adviser (PTA) as recommended during the inception mission

19. Issuing Letter of Agreement (LOA) for national institution in Jordan for providing a technical assessment study for the existing information systems and applications in MOA and other stakeholders’ organizations for integrating various existing applications into a NAIS application

20. - Workshop to discuss the draft national information strategy for agricultural science and technology with the steering committee and stakeholders (27/8/2008). - Assessment of the current status and preparation of recommendations for computer hardware and software, and communication infrastructure

21. - Study tour for four specialized information staff to receive on the job training programme in information management systems/ tools development and management.

22. - Workshop to present the revised national information strategy for agricultural science and technology to the steering committee and stakeholders -Procurement of hardware and software at each site provided by Government of Jordan, where necessary, as required for accessing the NAIS via the Internet.

23. - Implementation for NAIS development prototype by FAO/RNE is completed and deployment of NAIS modules/ systems are taking place

24. www.nais-jordan.gov.jo

28. Under Working - Training of Trainers’ workshop on the use of the NAIS/AGRIS Application Profile including guidelines and procedures for documents indexing and cataloguing for the Research outputs and Publications information system modules for staff from NAIS stakeholders - Staff Training Training

29. Training Laboratory - Establishment and development of the virtual Jordan Agricultural Information Centre (JAIC) including institutional issues with roles and responsibilities; and activating the roles and responsibilities of already established NAIS steering and technical committees.

30. What we will do from 2008-2010   Institutional Development Establishment and development of the virtual Jordan Agricultural Information Centre (JAIC)   Training activities - - Training of trainers’ workshop on the use of the NAIS/AGRIS Application Profile - - Training of ten national technical staff in various aspects of the information cycle - - Training core staff (administrators and researchers) from the participating institutions and centers - - Training activities for stakeholders

31.   Training of Trainers on the principles and practice of designing, building, and maintaining computer networks systems   training on Network Security System (NSS) to protect NAIS Network   Conducting stakeholders' workshops and delivering presentations at relevant events, to increase awareness of Internet technology and the NAIS initiative.   Completion of the overall computer hardware and communication infrastructure in MOA

32. Four Components to be explained (Publications, Projects, Experts /Researchers and Institutions).

33. Publications contains four submenus (Publications by Subject, Publications by Type and Advanced search)

34. Bibliography Publications by type

36. completed projects Submenu (All projects and advanced search)

37. Experts/Researchers submenu (All Experts/Researchers and Advanced Search)

39. National Information Strategy for Agricultural Science and Technology in Jordan

40. Contents   Executive Summary   Background   Vision and Mission   Goal and Purpose   Specific Objectives   Options and Opportunities   Outputs   Requirements   Conclusion   Annexes

41. The vision is to develop an effective and efficient network for harnessing information and knowledge for a transformed and sustainable agricultural sector that is modernized, productive, profitable and competitive nationally, regionally and internationally. The mission is to build a common and freely accessible information system through partnership in the generation, collection, processing, archival, and dissemination of agricultural information. Vision and Mission

42. The goal is to contribute to the transformation of Jordan’s agricultural sector to one that is modernized, productive, profitable and competitive nationally, regionally and internationally. Specific Objectives is to strengthen availability, accessibility, applicability, sharing of agricultural information and knowledge to researchers, managers, decision makers and others stakeholders. Goal Specific Objectives

43. Analysis of current MOA and its Major Partners Information Status As Major Partners for the Development of (NAIS) in Jordan have been identified : Information and Computers Department of the Ministry of Agriculture (ICD/MOA) via NAIS National Centre of Agriculture Research and Extension (NCARE). Royal Scientific Society (RSS) Department of Statistics (DOS) Ministry of Water & Irrigation (MWI) and the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) Where the Ministry of Agriculture and its ICD will be the core of the project.

44. STRUCTURE OF REQUIRED INFORMATION SYSTEMS Top Management and Decision Support Systems (DSS) C Administrative and Financial Systems (AFS) D Human Resources Information (HR) B Scientific& Technological Information Systems (STI) A

45. The Proposed NAIS Setup Organizational Chart for the National System Unit / Centre for the Agricultural Information Agriculture Minister Networks & Communications Consultant Information Technology Consultant Secretary General Project Steering Committee Project Unit Information Directorate Secretary Computer Programmer Project Engineer Participant Entities Liaison Officers Central Directorates Liaison Officers Information & Communications Consultant Information Technology Consultant Technical Advisor

46. IMPLEMETATION REQUIREMENT   Infrastructure Requirement   Human Resources Requirement   Management Requirement   Information Systems Requirement   Standardization Requirement   Financial Resources Requirement

47. Outputs   Guiding principles of the information strategy framework   Proposed information modules (First Group) for technical information (TI) requested by the stakeholders   Proposed information modules (Second Group) for scientific and technological information (STI) required by the stakeholders   Guidelines to establish and implement information and communication management (ICM) standards, policies and procedures to make content available, accessible and exchangeable

48. Outputs   Guideline to strengthen information management organization structure (directorate/centre) at MOA and Partners Groups   Proposed plan to improve and upgrade ICM infrastructure.   Procedures to establish cooperation and partnership with regional and international organizations

49. NAIS System Functioning The Internet Acquiring Data

50. MOA Proposed Design Over View By Eng.Ehab Al-Tarefi

51. The Internet 2Mb/s Switch 128Kb/s Remote Site Firewall /MOA LAN/ROUTER MOA Current Infrastructure Status National Center for Agr. Research & Extension

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