Development of a National Agricultural Information System (NAIS)

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Development of a National Agricultural
Information System (NAIS) Presented by Eng.
Basmaa al-Manaseer 17-20,April 2009
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Introduction
Unit Quality Items
Km² 89.287 Total Area
Km² 8.515 Area of cultivation
Km² 2615 Agricultural area
Km² 5.878 Population size
2.6 Population increasing rate
person 5.4 Average private household size
51.5 Percentage of males
48.5 Percentage of females
37.3 Population less than 15 years of age
59.5 Population 15-64 years age
3.2 Population above 65 years age
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years 20.3 Median age
9.3 Illiteracy rate
90.7 Literacy rate
JD/Person/Year 14.2 Poverty ratio
JD/Person/Year 392 Poverty line
14.0 Unemployment rate
3.1 Percentage of employees in agriculture
6.3 Inflation rate
No. 614000 No. of telephone lines subscribers
Percentage of households owning
86 Mobile phones
36 Personal computer
16 Internet service at home
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Back ground

• Reliable agricultural information constitutes a
  corner stone in the planning of agricultural
  development and formulating relevant policies.
  The availability of this information is critical
  in order to enable those involved in the
  agricultural sector, whether they are individuals
  or institutions, to make decisions on valid and
  scientific bases. However, the currently
  available agricultural information in Jordan is
  inadequate as a result of many factors, in
  particular

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• The array of institutions that collect
  agricultural data and information, and the
  diversity of the methodologies they use, which
  often leads to contradictory and unreliable
  information.
• The lack of certain types of data and information
  required in support of the development of the
  agricultural sector.
• The lack of coordination and collaboration
  between institutions concerned with data
  collection and information provision on the one
  hand, and information users in the public and
  private sectors on the other.

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• The National Agricultural Development Strategy
  (2002-2010), which was approved by His Majesty
  the King on 15 July 2002, referred specifically
  to the development of information and
  communication capabilities at a national and
  sub-national level.
• The common vision derived from the workshop was
  to establish a National Agricultural Information
  System (NAIS) that would strengthen and improve
  agricultural information generation, management,
  dissemination and exchange for policy-makers,
  senior managers and national stakeholder groups,
  using web-based applications and tools.

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• The envisaged NAIS was expected to assemble and
  make accessible information that would
• -Support policy and decision-making in relation
  to national planning.
• Provide the basis for monitoring and assessing
  agricultural production and development.
• Support research and development, and disseminate
  the outputs.
• Support extension services.
• Provide an institutional memory for the MOA.

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NAIS

• Project SymbolTCP/JOR/3102 (D)
• Starting Date October 2007
• Completion Date December 2009
• Government Ministry responsible for project
  execution Ministry of Agriculture
• FAO Contribution US272 000

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• NAIS is a national platform for Information and
  knowledge sharing and exchange for Agricultural
  Research and Development (ARD) for target groups
  and stakeholders in Jordan

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NAISObjective

• The objective of the project is to strengthen the
  capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture to
  establish an effective and efficient information
  system that will support agricultural development
  and ensure food security in Jordan, based on the
  needs and demands of its stakeholders and
  integrating the various resources in the MOA.

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NAIS Modules
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NAIS OUTPUTS(RESULTS)

• - A national information strategy for
  agricultural science and technology formulated

- An implementation plan for the development of a
virtual Jordan Agricultural Information Centre
(JAIC) drawing on inputs from existing
Departments within MOA
- An elementary information network for the
agricultural sector, consisting of the major
stakeholders, and coordinated by the ICD/MOA.
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- A pilot National Agricultural Information
System (NAIS), including modules on documents,
institutions, experts and projects, facilitating
access to other agricultural information services
and databases relevant to the Jordanian
agricultural sector
- A team of ten technical staff at the ICD/MOA
trained in Modern information management
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- Professional staff and senior managers in the
agricultural sector introduced to the use of
modern information technologies and to the
strategic management approaches and skills
required to implement new structures and
procedures for effective information management

- A project proposal for further development of
NAIS formulated and ready for submission to
potential donors
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NAIS Achievements
Organizational arrangements - Designation of the
National Project Coordinator. - Establishment of
the NAIS Technical Steering Committee. - Joint
Supervisory Technical Service mission by GIL and
RNE to launch project activities

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NAIS Technical Steering committee
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- Initial workshop of representatives from
agricultural institutions and stations and other
stakeholder groups(22/10/2007)
- Seminar for senior managers and donors in the
agricultural sector (24/10/2007).
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• Recruitment of national consultants as
• Information and Communication Management (ICM)
  Specialist
• Telecommunications and Networking (TN)
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
  Specialist.
• Recruitment of national Project Technical Adviser
  (PTA) as recommended during the inception mission

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Issuing Letter of Agreement (LOA) for national
institution in Jordan for providing a technical
assessment study for the existing information
systems and applications in MOA and other
stakeholders organizations for integrating
various existing applications into a NAIS
application
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- Workshop to discuss the draft national
information strategy for agricultural science and
technology with the steering committee and
stakeholders (27/8/2008).
- Assessment of the current status and
preparation of recommendations for computer
hardware and software, and communication
infrastructure
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• - Study tour for four specialized information
  staff to receive on the job training programme in
  information management systems/ tools development
  and management.

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-Procurement of hardware and software at each
site provided by Government of Jordan, where
necessary, as required for accessing the NAIS via
the Internet.

• - Workshop to present the revised national
  information strategy for agricultural science and
  technology to the steering committee and
  stakeholders

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• - Implementation for NAIS development prototype
  by FAO/RNE is completed and deployment of NAIS
  modules/ systems are taking place

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www.nais-jordan.gov.jo
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Under Working

• Training

• - Training of Trainers workshop on the use of
  the NAIS/AGRIS Application Profile including
  guidelines and procedures for documents indexing
  and cataloguing for the Research outputs and
  Publications information system modules for staff
  from NAIS stakeholders
• - Staff Training

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Training Laboratory
- Establishment and development of the virtual
Jordan Agricultural Information Centre (JAIC)
including institutional issues with roles and
responsibilities and activating the roles and
responsibilities of already established NAIS
steering and technical committees.
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What we will do from 2008-2010

• Institutional Development
• Establishment and development of the virtual
  Jordan Agricultural Information Centre (JAIC)
• Training activities
• Training of trainers workshop on the use of the
  NAIS/AGRIS Application Profile
• Training of ten national technical staff in
  various aspects of the information cycle
• Training core staff (administrators and
  researchers) from the participating institutions
  and centers
• Training activities for stakeholders

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• Training of Trainers on the principles and
  practice of designing, building, and maintaining
  computer networks systems
• training on Network Security System (NSS) to
  protect NAIS Network
• Conducting stakeholders' workshops and delivering
  presentations at relevant events, to increase
  awareness of Internet technology and the NAIS
  initiative.
• Completion of the overall computer hardware and
  communication infrastructure in MOA

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Four Components to be explained (Publications,
Projects, Experts /Researchers and Institutions).
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Publications contains four submenus (Publications
by Subject, Publications by Type and Advanced
search)
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Bibliography
Publications by type
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completed projects

Submenu (All
projects and advanced search)
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Experts/Researchers submenu (All
Experts/Researchers and Advanced Search)
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National Information Strategy for Agricultural
Science and Technology in Jordan
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Contents

• Executive Summary
• Background
• Vision and Mission
• Goal and Purpose
• Specific Objectives
• Options and Opportunities
• Outputs
• Requirements
• Conclusion
• Annexes

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Vision and Mission
The vision is to develop an effective and
efficient network for harnessing information and
knowledge for a transformed and sustainable
agricultural sector that is modernized,
productive, profitable and competitive
nationally, regionally and internationally. The
mission is to build a common and freely
accessible information system through partnership
in the generation, collection, processing,
archival, and dissemination of agricultural
information.
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Goal Specific Objectives
The goal is to contribute to the transformation
of Jordans agricultural sector to one that is
modernized, productive, profitable and
competitive nationally, regionally and
internationally.
Specific Objectives is to strengthen
availability, accessibility, applicability,
sharing of agricultural information and knowledge
to researchers, managers, decision makers and
others stakeholders.
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Analysis of current MOA and its Major Partners
Information Status

• As Major Partners for the Development of (NAIS)
  in Jordan have been identified
• Information and Computers Department of the
  Ministry of Agriculture (ICD/MOA) via NAIS
• National Centre of Agriculture Research and
  Extension (NCARE).
• Royal Scientific Society (RSS)
• Department of Statistics (DOS)
• Ministry of Water Irrigation (MWI) and the
  Jordan Valley Authority (JVA)
• Where the Ministry of Agriculture and its ICD
  will be the core of the project.

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STRUCTURE OF REQUIRED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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The Proposed NAIS Setup Organizational Chart for
the National System Unit / Centre for the
Agricultural Information
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IMPLEMETATION REQUIREMENT

• Infrastructure Requirement
• Human Resources Requirement
• Management Requirement
• Information Systems Requirement
• Standardization Requirement
• Financial Resources Requirement

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Outputs

• Guiding principles of the information strategy
  framework
• Proposed information modules (First Group) for
  technical information (TI) requested by the
  stakeholders
• Proposed information modules (Second Group) for
  scientific and technological information (STI)
  required by the stakeholders
• Guidelines to establish and implement information
  and communication management (ICM) standards,
  policies and procedures to make content
  available, accessible and exchangeable

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Outputs

• Guideline to strengthen information management
  organization structure (directorate/centre) at
  MOA and Partners Groups
• Proposed plan to improve and upgrade ICM
  infrastructure.
• Procedures to establish cooperation and
  partnership with regional and international
  organizations

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NAIS System Functioning
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MOA Proposed Design Over View
By Eng.Ehab Al-Tarefi
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MOA Current Infrastructure Status
2Mb/s
128Kb/s
128Kb/s
Switch
National Center for Agr. Research Extension
National Center for Agr. Research Extension
Firewall
/MOA LAN
/ROUTER
Remote Site
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