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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Strengthening Capacities for Agricultural Education, Research and Adoption in Kenya (SCARA)\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Dominik Ruffeis, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, Muthgasse 19, 1190~Vienna, Austria, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{dominik.ruffeis@boku.ac.at}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Dominik Ruffeis$^{1}$, Benedict M. Mutua$^{2}$, Alexandra Strauss-Sieberth$^{3}$, Willibald Loiskandl$^{4}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, Austria}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$Egerton University, Kenya, Water Resources \& Environmental Engineering, }}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, Austria}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{4}$University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, Austria}}}
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ICT and e"=learning will play a major role in the development and economic growth of African countries in the future the agricultural sector being the backbone. New ICT and specifically ICT4Ag technologies will have a significant impact on developments in agriculture, ways farmer access information and use this knowledge to improve crop production, water productivity, sustainable use and management of natural resources or access markets. Mainly young farmers with a sound understanding of new communication technologies play a key role in this development. Education and lifelong learning, through means of ICT in respective areas can be key in reaching development goals and reducing rural poverty and food and nutrition insecurity. Universities should certainly actively participate in developing innovative technologies for ICT4Ag and have the capacity to be not only prepared for this future challenge but also play a major role in identifying suitable solutions. This includes capacity building in respective areas, participation in the development process, incorporate such new technologies and tools in their teaching methods and curricula and interact with the key players like infomediaries, private businesses and the actual beneficiaries and communities. ICT4Ag is a tool that may help to boost development of technologies that are tailor made for small scale farmers and address such pertinent issues like climate change induced risks. Also ICT4Ag plays a vital role in dissemination of knowledge and exchange of information, which in turn can be used to develop demand driven research and technologies, hence increase technology adaption. The presented project will address these topics, question the role of ICT in this context and try to explore viable solutions through (i) improving the capacity to effectively develop tailor made research activities to increase adoption rates of water for food initiatives at farm level; (ii) development of effective mechanisms for youth in agriculture to address future challenges of water for food and nutrition security, access to information and learning; (iii) functioning communication and networking channels through partnerships between key actors to identify options for ICT4Ag; and (vi) identification of viable solutions for ICT4Ag.}

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} ICT, ICT4Ag, learning, teaching, technology adoption, youth in agriculture
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