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ICT for Agriculture

28 September 2015
09:00 - 15:00

 

INNOVATION FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT (IDD) POLICY SEMINARS

 

You’re cordially invited to participate at the series of seminars on Innovation for Inclusive Development (IID) that is hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). Details of the abovementioned seminar is as follows:

Date: 28 September 2015

Time: 09:00 – 15:00

Venue: Diep in die Berg 929 Disselboom Street, Wapadrand, Pretoria

 

 

South Africa’s biggest economic challenge is that our economy has not grown fast enough, for long enough. A 9-point plan comprising simultaneous actions in key strategic areas, with a view of igniting economic growth, has been developed by government through its Cluster for Economic Sectors, Employment and Infrastructure.

In this seminar the benefits that South African agriculture can derive from the introduction of ITCs will be explored.

The question that must be answered is how DST, with the support of its ICT ecosystem stakeholders, can contribute towards using ICT technologies and innovation to enable the revitalisation of the agricultural and agro-processing sectors with the aim of driving growth and job creation.

Download the Concept Note and Registration form below:

Please confirm your attendance by completing and returning the attached registration form to Ms. Tshepiso Kekana (Email tkekana@hsrc.ac.za  Fax 086 657 4835).

On the attendance register, please mark with ‘X’ the seminars you will be attending and return the completed registration form as soon as possible because space is limited.

Should you personally not be available to attend, we would appreciate it if you could send a representative to attend on your behalf.