ICTs — Opportunities to mobilize agricultural science for development

Knowledge, information, and data—and the social and physical infrastructures that carrythem—are widely recognized as key building blocks for more sustainable agriculture, effective agricultural science, and productive partnerships among the global research community.

Through investments in e-Science infrastructure and collaboration on one hand, and
rapid developments in digital devices and connectivity in rural areas, the ways that scientists,academics, and development workers create, share, and apply agricultural knowledge is being transformed through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This paper examines some trends and opportunities associated with the use of these ICTs in agricultural science for development.

Read the recent 'Crop Science' article (open access) by Peter Ballantyne, Ajit Maru, and Enrica Porcari.