APARIS

Workshop on ‘National Agricultural Research Information Systems in the Asia-Pacific Region’ on 14-16 September, 2010, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

APAARI, FAO RAP, GFAR and AIT jointly organized the workshop for the senior Information and Communication Managers of National Agricultural Research Information Systems in the region. The workshop was aimed to identify mechanisms to strengthen the APARIS, orient participants to the Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) and share opportunities of new ICT/ICM for AR4D. Twenty one participants representing 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region participated in the workshop and presented country status report on ICT/ICM in AR4D. About 15 resource persons from APAARI, ACIAR, FAO, GFAR, AIT and Kesetsart University provided their inputs in the workshop.

During the workshop, APAARI Communication Strategy was presented and enough opportunity has been given for all the participants to discuss and provide suggestions. Participants provided valuable suggestions and at the end endorsed the APAARI Communication Strategy in principle. A hands-on technical training on AgrDrupal was also organized jointly by FAO-GFAR-APAARI on 16-17 September, 2010 for those participants who opted for the training.