3. Agriculture is Knowledge
intensive
Skills capacity
Data - weather soils
Information
– choice of crop/livestock advisory services
Local Knowledge
Coordination
– expertise/research
for inputs/marketing
Communication
dialogue
4. Farming skills - Training
• Publications
• Libraries
• Making more of
training events
• New tools
5. Data
• Training in finding data sources
• Use of existing data
– weather/soils
• Generation of data
– registration/yields
• Use of data for policy
– SAKSS/RESAKSS/Gro Venture
• Data for finance
14. Putting it all together
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Plan
Communications Capacity
Email – discussion
Publishing – Newsletter/booklets/papers
Media - Print/Radio
Online – website
Online – Facebook/Twitter
15. Agriculture is Knowledge
intensive
Skills capacity
Data - weather soils
Information
– choice of crop/livestock advisory services
Local Knowledge
Coordination
– expertise/research
for inputs/marketing
Communication
dialogue