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| Agriculture Working Group | |
| Chairman : | Teruaki Nanseki [ nanseki@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp ] , Kyushu University Masayuki Hirafuji [ hirafuji@affrc.go.jp ], NARO, JAPAN |
| Members : | Seishi Ninomiya, The University of Tokyo |
| Objectives: | Agricultural development is a big issue in every Asia-Pacific countries. Many organizations including government, NGO, university and private company are interested in policy and technology for promoting agricultural development. ICT is one of the crucial technologies in developing countries as well as developed countries. In this section, impacts of ICT on agricultural development will discussed with applications and perspectives in Asia-Pacific countries including Bangladesh, Laos, China, and Japan. |
| Target Audience : | Governmental officer and researcher, NGO staff, University professor and student, Business person, Agricultural and biological software engineers, e-learning community, Natural resource community, Sensors network community, etc. |
| Expected Number of Participants : |
40 |
| Agenda: | Teruaki Nanseki , Kyushu University Masayuki Hirafuji, NARO, Japan Seishi Ninomiya, The University of Tokyo 9:00 - 9:40 : (Presentation 30min, questions & discussions 10min) Information and communication technology for revolution of BOP: Challenge of Bangladesh Presentation Slides Takuzou Ohsugi1) and Ashir Ahmed 2),3) 1) System LSI research center, Kyushu University, Japan 2) Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering,Kyushu University, Japan 3) Grameen Communications, Bangladesh 9:40 - 10:20 : (Presentation 30min, questions & discussions 10min) An application of GIS and Remote Sensing for Analysis of Agricultural Development - Induced Changes in Land Use: A case study in Lao PDR Presentation Slides Boundeth Southavilay 1), 2) and Teruaki Nanseki 3) 1) Graduate school of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Japan. 2) Department of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR. 3) Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan 10:20 - 10:30 : Discussions on impacts and applicability of ICT on agricultural development in developing countries 11:00 - 11:40 :(Presentation 30min, questions & discussions 10min) Farming Decision Support by ICT Presentation Slides Teruaki Nanseki 1) 1) Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan 11:40 - 12:20 :(Presentation 30min, questions & discussions 10min) Optimizing agriculture for sustainability and productivity by ICT Presentation Slides Seishi Ninomiya 1) Institute for Sustainable AgroŠ\ecosystem Services, University of Tokyo 12:20 - 12:30 : General discussions on impacts and applicability of ICT on agricultural development |
| Remarks : | We need Videoconference facility, e.g. Projector, Wireless Internet Access. Skype and/or Polycom will be used. |
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