The Department of Agriculture will hand over about 400 laptops and cell phones to its extension and advisory services officials in a bid to improve their communications methods.
The handover will take place during the last day of the Extension Indaba which kicks off today (11 February 2009) in East London where provincial extension and advisory officials will gather to craft ways to improve their image and capacity with special emphasis on professionalism.
The Indaba comes in the wake of the launch of an extension and advisory services recovery plan, which has recruitment, training and capacitating, salary adjustments and information and communications technology (ICT) skills and resources as its pillars.
The laptops and cell phones will enable these officials to communicate and capture data while they are on the field and be able to provide farmers with immediate answers thereby minimising the risks of livestock or plant losses in event of breakouts.
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