5-7 Agriculture & Food Security Issues affecting development social Low productivity and opportunities for farmers. economic ICT Solutions Accountable PRSP MDG Stakeholder(s) marketing To use ICT for providing information and access MIC, NATCOM, Productivity in to markets for locally produced goods. Exposure MAFFS Agriculture of products to larger international markets shall lead to improvements in the quality of agricultural products. Environmental Sustainability Provide resource centres with free documentary, videos for free transmission across the country. Develop (free) local content documentaries for Internet and TV circulation. The functional literacy level of some farmers and the agriculture knowledge base of the general public and in particular the fourth estate is very low making it a barrier to the widespread adoption of ICT. Utilise resource centres to train farmers on user- MIC, NATCOM, Productivity in friendly ICT tools like touch screen kiosks in MAFFS Agriculture villages to enable them to market their products globally, and get online access to marketoriented information. Environmental Sustainability Organize ICT training programmes for all stakeholders in agriculture. ICT Policy of Sierra Leone Page 30 / 63