Making e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Asia

Making e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Asia Forum Starts Today

A Global Knowledge Partnership Event

Participate by registering at http://www.e-agriculture.org/regform.html

Sponsored by Katalyst and FAO. Moderated by Katalyst, a multi-donor funded market development project implemented by Swisscontact, the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation and co-implemented by GTZ-International Services.

e-agriculture.org is hosting a special online forum starting today 10 March 2008 on the Role of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). Areas which will be explored include: The scope of Public Private Partnerships to implement e-Agriculture successfully; Understanding the major & common constraints in PPP based on past experiences and current practices; Suggestions and solutions to overcome the challenges and focus on bringing practical solutions; and the roles of stakeholders: government, private sector, and others. The forum will run until 28 March 2008.

Subject Matter Experts Participating include:

– M. Asaduzzaman, Research Director, Agriculture and Rural Development, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
– Amit Dasgupta, General Manager, IBM Global Services India
– Philip DesAutels, Academic Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
– Noel Magor, Head, IRRI Training Center
– Naimur Rahman, Director, OneWorld South Asia
– Sunit Shrestha, Director, TNR Institute, Thailand
Moderated by:
– Manish Pandey, Deputy General Manager of Katalyst
– Michael Riggs, Information Management Specialist, FAO
– Charlotte Masiello-Riome, World Summit on the Information Society Communications Focal Point, e-agriculture and e-agriculture.org Coordinator

A Global Knowledge Partnership Event. This Forum is also a lead up to the e-Agriculture INDIA 2008 Conference to be held in New Dehli, India 29-31 July 2008. Outcomes will also be reported to the World Summit on the Information Society Follow-up Action meetings to be held in May 2008.