ICT-enabled Agricultural Science for Development Scenarios, Opportunities, Issues. A focus on ICT for Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture
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The document discusses the role of ICT in agricultural science and its potential for supporting climate change adaptation in agriculture, highlighting opportunities such as improved data collection and stakeholder collaboration. It also addresses challenges including the need for interoperability among applications and a focus on participatory approaches for effective information dissemination. The need for new impact indicators is emphasized to reflect a multidisciplinary approach.
ICT-enabled Agricultural Science for Development Scenarios, Opportunities, Issues. A focus on ICT for Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture
- 1. ICT-enabled Agricultural Science for Development Scenarios, Opportunities, Issues – A focus on ICT for Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture – by Simone Sala ICTs transforming agricultural science, research & technology generation Science Forum Workshop Theme 3
- 2. Scenarios • Vertical limit – Models are likely to substantially increase their precision in telling what changes will happen, when and where • Horizontal limit – Most of data already embeds (hidden) time/space information: ICT will make it explicit in the next 5 years, fostering data integration • Depth limit – Higher granularity of ICTs will promote communication networks to fill knowledge gaps A focus on ICT for Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture
- 3. Opportunities • Shift in data collection and information generation through cheaper and simpler tools: from a cathedral approach to a bazaar approach • ICT can help dealing with uncertainty and complexity by integrating large amounts of data • Sustainable adaptation measures to changes can be planned and implemented through platforms for analysis and dialogue among different stakeholders at different levels A focus on ICT for Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture
- 4. Issues • Interoperability among different applications is still far: integrated platforms need to be developed • ICT per se will never be enough to overcome information glocal divide: – A participatory R&D approach is crucial for successful ICT applications at community level – Peer-to-Peer communication systems are needed to generate timely, reliable and clear information • What about impact? Need for new indicators, reflecting multi-disciplinary and system approach A focus on ICT for Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture
- 5. More Information • FAO – Climate Change: www.fao.org/climatechange FAO – Communication for Sustainable Development Initiative : csdi@fao.org • For further info: simone.sala@fao.org