The Technical Centre for
Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) in collaboration with its
national, regional and international partners has launched the 2013 edition of African,
Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) media competition on Information
and Communications Technologies for Agricultural Development (ICT4ag).
Media Programme Coordinator, at CTA, Mr. Sam Mikenga
informed NaijaAgroNet that the competition is open to all media and communication professionals from the
ACP.
He also said
that the competition aims at encouraging journalists and media specialists to
investigate the challenges and opportunities for involving use of ICTs in value
chains and decision making, showcase success stories and best practices that
could be replicated and raise awareness on the important role of ICTs in
agricultural transformation.
Mikenga said that the
competition is orgaanised in conjunction with the International Conference on
ICT4ag, which will take place from November 4 to 8, 2013 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Stressing that the top six
finalists will be supported to attend the conference and provide media
coverage. The top three winners will be announced during the event. While submissions
are invited to discuss one or more of the following themes, namely “Enabling
environment for ICTs (capacity, ICT policies, regulatory regimes,
infrastructure, etc); Youth and gender aspects; Access to markets and trade.
He, therefore advised interested
candidates to send in one original print piece in English or French to
media@ict4ag.cta.int, copying mikenga@cta.int by 15 August 2013.
Remmy Nweke
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