Agenda1. Presidential address 2. Approval of new members 3. Approval of Budget 4. Proposals from the Board 5. Proposals from the members 6. EFITA Conference 1999 - Bonn 7. Election of Officers: - President Elect - Secretary General - Three Executive members (from 3 different countries) 8. Any Other Business 9. Transfer of Presidency |
Introduction
The Second EFITA Conference on Information Technology (IT) in Agriculture - EFITA ’99 - was held in Bonn, in September 1999. The conference schedule and papers, their summaries and full texts are accessible at www.efita.org. The conference focused on a wide range of issues - among them the question: “Given that the benefit from IT is identified, proven and readily available why is the adoption rate so slow?” Slow was defined as the rate of adoption of computers, commercial software, Internet for extension and/or agricultural production - all compared to adoption potential. (more…)
Abstract: Effective adoption of Internet for extension in agriculture is elusive despite substantial investments in human capital and other resources. To better understand the adoption process EUNITA (a concerted EU project www.eclipse.it/EUNITA/main.html), INEA (the Italian National Institute of Agricultural Economics - www.inea.it) and the Toscana Extension service sponsored a workshop in Alberese, Italy to evaluate critical success factors and failures. (more…)
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