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ICT is a key catalyst in the present and largely unstoppable process of globalization.

ICT is important both as a means and as an end - a tool for development as well as an economic sector to be developed.

ICTD's mission is to provide effective leadership for selecting, applying, and managing critical information services that enhance MOFA's administrative, research, learning and teaching activities.  These technical and information resource services are provided to National, Regional, and Districts Directorates, Projects, Cost Centres, Units and Stakeholders in agriculture through staff and business processes that are both reliable and responsive to the needs of all asundry we serve.

ICTD goals among others are:

• Provide information and communication technology infrastructure that meets the needs of MOFA to communicate both internally and externally and to connect with informational resources effectively, efficiently, ethically and securely.
• Acquire, develop and provide access to information resources that support the research, teaching, learning and administrative needs of MOFA.
• Enhance MOFA's research, teaching and learning by providing information resources, the application of technology, and the pursuit of progressive, collaborative initiatives driven by MOFA's strategic plan.
• Enable improved MOFA administration through effective information and technology management.
• Provide support services that meet the needs of MOFA staff and stakeholders.
• Develop and manage diverse ICT division organizational and human resources to enable effective, efficient and ethical support of MOFA's information and communication technology needs.

•Ensure food security:

•Improve rural access to ICTs through support of MoFA information Centres, multi-use telecenters and piloting of emerging alternate technologies that foster inexpensive, low-power  alternatives to PCs:

•Use of ICTs in knowledge management to strengthen community feedback mechanisms for democratic governance, research and extension feedback and project assessment:

•Develop and adapt relevant agricultural content for digital dissemination using intermediate organizations to evaluate the relevance and technical accessibility of information from institutionalised sources or created by intermediaries themselves:

•Empower agricultural and rural intermediary organizations such as extension agents, local NGOs, and producer associations through ICTs in order to increase their effectiveness at understanding and servicing their clients needs:

•Empower women and the youth (girls and boys) to participate effectively and equitably in emerging knowledge networks by ensuring their access to ICTs, availability of both women-and-youth-oriented content (e.g. subsistence as well as cash crop information), and selection of intermediaries with women in meaningful positions as key partners:

•Develop global trade and business opportunities for farmers:

•Information technology and poverty alleviation;

•Sustainability of ICT Investments and Market-based Cost Recovery Mechanisms

• Formulate and co-ordinate the implementation of policies and programmes for the food and agricultural sector:

•Facilitating the Production of Agricultural Raw Materials for Industry

•Facilitating Effective and Efficient Input Supply and Distribution System

MOFA strategic approach to ICT in development has five principle elements.

• ICT Policy: Promote pro-competitive policy and regulatory reform in information, communication technology with reference to telecommunications and electronic commerce to encourage stakeholders in agricultural sector in expanding and using ICT for development.
• ICT Access: Foster ICT access for under-served populations, particularly the poor in both rural and urban settings, ethnic minorities; youth and women, thus creating development opportunities.
• ICT Capacity: Develop the capacity of directorates, projects, institutions, units and individuals to achieve regulatory reform, respond to ICT agriculture workforce demands, and use ICT for development.
• ICT Applications: Demonstrate innovative ICT applications across all development objectives including: Agriculture, Conflict Management, Democracy and Governance, Economic Growth and Trade, Education, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDs, Humanitarian Assistance, Natural Resources Management, Population and Reproductive Health, Poverty Reduction, Urban Programs, and Women in Development.