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The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is an ACP-EU institution working in the field of information for development. We operate under the ACP-EU Cotonou Agreement and our headquarters are in The Netherlands. When it was set up, in 1984, CTA was given the challenging task of improving the flow of information among stakeholders in agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
Our work focuses on three key areas:
- providing information products and services (e.g., publications, question-and-answer services and database services);
- promoting the integrated use of communication channels, old and new, to improve the flow of information (e.g., e-communities, web portals, seminars, and study visits);
- building ACP capacity in information and communication management (ICM), mainly through training and partnerships with ACP bodies.
At the core of all our activities are our partnerships with ACP national and regional bodies. We also work with a wide network of ACP-EU public and private sector bodies, as well as international organisations around the world.
Our overall aim – to better serve the ever-changing information needs of all stakeholders in ACP agricultural and rural development. Through our partners we are working with these stakeholders to achieve the goal shared by the whole development community – poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
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Technologies de l'information et de la communication : Une voix pour les jeunes des pays ACP
Pour la première fois dans l'histoire du développement rural, il est possible de créer une infrastructure qui réduit de façon significative l'isolement de ceux qui vivent en milieu rural. Les TIC peuvent accélérer les échanges de connaissances entre centres urbains et communautés rurales. Les expériences réalisées dans les pays ACP confirment que les TIC peuvent jouer un rôle stratégique en tablissant un lien entre les jeunes vivant en milieu rural et les réalités en évolution constante de la vie moderne.
Organic agriculture in Kenya and Uganda: study visit report
This report was produced following a study visit to Kenya and Uganda, 19–30 April 2004. The visit was sponsored by CTA and organised in collaboration with ORREDE and SACDEP–Kenya.
Information support for sustainable soil fertility management (CTA seminar 2003): highlights
‘Poor soils make poor people, and poor people make soils worse’. This is a situation that can be seen in many ACP countries. What information support can be offered...