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INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INAGRICULTURE: CURRENT STATUS AND
FUTURE PROSPECT IN MALAYSIA
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INAGRICULTURE: CURRENT STATUS AND
FUTURE PROSPECT IN MALAYSIA
KAMARUDIN SAADAN
Expert Consultation on Strengthening Regional AgricuturalInformation System: Role of ICT in ARD
1 -3 December 2003, BangkokThailand
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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE USE OF ICT IN AGRICULTURE
THE ROLE OF ICT IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
ICT MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE
AGENDA
BACKGROUND OF THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
FUTURE PROSPECT
CONCLUDING REMARKS
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AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA (BASIC FACTS)
IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF NATIONAL ECONOMY
TWO TYPES OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM : ESTATE & SMALLHOLDING
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MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
Increasing food import bill
Acute labor shortage
Low productivity and uneconomic size of the smallholders sector
The need to be more competitive
Limited development of the high value-added resource-based products
Greater concerns for the environment
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THIRD NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY (1998 – 2010)
To enhance food security
To increase productivity and competitiveness
To deepen linkages with other sectors
To create new sources of growth for the sector
To conserve and utilize natural resources on a sustainable basis
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THIRD NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY(1998 – 2010)
R & D is expected to play an important role to revitalize the agriculture sector
Knowledge-based agriculture will be the main thrust
The main challenge is disseminating vast amount of information generated by
research activities
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ICT SUPPORT IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
HELP NEW AGRICULTURAL ENTITIES TO OPERATE MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLYTHROUGH INFORMATION NETWORK
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON LAND RESOURCES
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON INCENTIVES AND FINANCE
PROVIDE SPECIALISED INFORMATION NETWORK
ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
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AGROLINK:INFORMATION CONTENT
AGROLINK:AGROLINK:INFORMATION CONTENTINFORMATION CONTENT
INTEGRATED AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENTPROJECTINTEGRATED AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENTPROJECT
POLICY AND LEGISLATIONPOLICY AND LEGISLATION
MAIN PUBLICATIONSMAIN PUBLICATIONS
CALENDER AND EVENTSCALENDER AND EVENTS
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSPARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
One stop center electronically linking the four Dept.and eight Agencies with other relevant focal
Points in agricultural development
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DEPARTMENTS UNDER MOADEPARTMENTS UNDER MOA
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AGENCIES UNDER MOA (1)AGENCIES UNDER MOA (1)
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AGENCIES UNDER MOA (2)AGENCIES UNDER MOA (2)
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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE USE OF ICT
INFRASTRUCTURE
DIGITAL DIVIDE
HUMAN RESOURCES AND CAPACITY BUILDING
RELEVANT CONTENTS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
OTHER ISSUES – STANDARD; EDCONOMIC, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL OBSTACLES
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THE NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENDA(NITA)
Formulated in 1996 to provide a comprehensiveFramework for the development in the Information Age
• Aims to transform the nation into a value-based knowledge society according to vision 2020
• Focuses on comprehensive human development• Leverages on trisectoral partnership between the
public, private and community interest sectors; and
• Top-down and bottom-up approaches for planning and implementation
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CONTENT & APPLICATIONSCONTENT & APPLICATIONSSolutions for Info. Age work and lifeSolutions for Info. Age work and life
ACCESS AND
ACCESS & EQUITY QUALITATIVE
TRANSFORMATION
VALUES BASED KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY by
2020
PEOPLEPEOPLEcomprehensive comprehensive
human developmenthuman development
NITA APPROACH: People First & Addressing People’s Need
• Connectivity• Equitable access to info• Culture of learning• Info literacy
Sustainable societal innovation for better Quality of
Life
CREATING VALUEINFOSTRUCTUREINFOSTRUCTURE
Info. Age development foundation• Innovation systems, creativity,
entrepreneurship through R&D• Life long learning
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THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA
Participating governance for quality of life
Network of communities dynamically participating in the process of governance to enhance the quality of life
E-Community
Delivery mode of public goods and services
Public, Private and Community Sectors providing people-oriented, customer-focused services electronically
E-Public Services
Knowledge-driven economy
All sector of economy creating value and wealth thru’ participation in the knowledge-driven global economy
E-Economy
KEY-FOCUSVISIONTHRUST
THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA cont.. 1/2
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THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA
Resilient National Identity
Citizens and institutions focus on enhancing national identity, integrity and societal stability in the face of borderless challenges to our sovereignty
E-Sovereignty
A life-long learning culture
Formal and informal networks providing opportunity and cultivating an ethos of life-long learning for individual organizational, institutional and societal advancement
E-LearningKEY-FOCUSVISIONTHRUST
THE NITC STRATEGIC AGENDA cont….2/2
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FUTURE PROSPECT
E-ECONOMY
E-PUBLIC SERVICES
E-COMMUNITY
E-LEARNING
E-SOVEREIGNTY
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STRATEGY ON INTERNET PENETRATION ACROSS THE NATION
• Universal Service Programme
• PC Ownership Campaign
• Rural Internet Centres Programmes and Local (Rural) Content Development
• e-community
• Community Awareness Programmes
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UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAMME
• ‘Empowerment’ of the public thru’ the provision of network services that will enable individuals and collective access to information as well as knowledge building/generation for the society and for the nation
• Equitable access and balanced development between the urban and ‘underserved’ areas as well as between the information-rich and the ‘underserved’ groups
• Industry development thru’ the growth and development of e-commerce
• To make Malaysia a global hub thru’ the availability of communications infrastructure that can convince and attract foreign as well as local investment
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PC OWNERSHIP CAMPAIGN
• To propel the rapid growth of PC adoption throughout Malaysia with interactive tools for business, banking, home, entertainment, education, health and multimedia application
• To promote widespread Internet usage including in the rural areas, and the expansion of e-commerce in the local marketplace especially amongst small and medium-sized business (SMBs)
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RURAL INTERNET CENTRES PROGRAMMES AND LOCAL (RURAL) CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
• Rural Internet Centres (RIC) as an initiative to enhance the usage of communications technology in the rural areas
• The development of technology or content application via the Rural Portal and the individual village web sites to complement the hands-on operations of the RICs
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E-COMMUNITY (Definition)
A group of people who shares interests and beliefs of embracing the ICT as
a technological thrust in the daily interaction and transaction to improve the live via significant means
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E-COMMUNITY (Objectives)
• To enhance competitive ability, productivity and creativity
• To maintain the service-based economy acquired from ICT knowledge and skills; and
• To build a socio-economic ‘empowerment’ foundation towards a civil society
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COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAMMES
• Offer basic computer familiarisation and literacy module
• Attempt to identify and groom the ‘Champions’ from among the community
Activities:• Identify the Champions• Training the ‘Trainers’ or the ‘Champions’• Support and Cooperation of MoE and
Institutions of Higher Learning to ensure sustainability of programmes
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BDD :Target Groups & Champions
Main Target Groups Champions
Rural, underserved communities and natives of Sabah & SarawakUrban poor Women Youth Disabilities GroupSenior CitizensSMEs
Min. of Rural Dev.
Min. of Rural Dev.
Min. of Women & Family Dev.Min. of Youth and Sports
Min. of National Unity & Social Dev.
Min. of National Unity & Social Dev.Min. of Entrepreneur Dev
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CONCLUDING REMARKS• Smart partnership among the community,
public and private
• Identifications of the real issues are necessary to formula the right issues – Connectivity, Content, Capacity Development, Collaboration and Capital
• Appropriate policies, strategies, programmesand projects are needed to address the issues
• Planning, Coordination and monitoring is critical
• Identify the ‘Champions’
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End of presentation….
THANK YOUTERIMA KASIH
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