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
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