Is there a role for modern technologies, including Information and Communication Technologies, in sustaining capacity development initiatives? Yes. Modern technologies plays an important role in sustaining capacity development initiatives. For instance in the project am currently working on in the East Mamprusi district of the Northern Region of Ghana, we have adopted the use of video screening in reaching out to communities and educating them on the use of improved seed, comparing the performance of farmer saved seeds to that of the improve varieties and good agronomic practices. This gives us the opportunity to educate many farmers within a short period. Also, the use of Information and Communication Technology in information dissemination via mobile phones messages to some farmer’s areas such as weather forecast and prices of produce in the local market will help the farmers in planning their activities.
Mr. Haruna Adam