Objectives
The workshop should be user-oriented or product-oriented with the following three specific objectives:
�� Analysis of information needs of different constituents of agriculture sector
�� Study of existing information dissemination channels used by both public and private organizations and current ICT initiatives for the agriculture sector
�� Conceptualization of a partnership of diverse players to promote ICT use in the agriculture sector
The outcome of the workshop deliberation should include a well defined action plan to sustain the dialogue process among various stakeholders which will lead to a better understanding of information needs, channels of communication, and the role that each stakeholder can play in making agriculture an information-driven economic activity of majority of Indian population.