Helen Hambly Odame
Founding member, GenARDIS
Founding member, GenARDIS
Biography
Helen Hambly Odame is a faculty member of the MSc programme in capacity development and extension and PhD programme in rural studies at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph (Canada). Her research focuses on information, knowledge, communication and media for agricultural, environment and rural development. She is a founding member of GenARDIS.
Articles
Expanding the reach and benefits of digital agriculture
by Helen Hambly Odame and Dorothy Okello
The Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society initiative was established in 2002 to support projects aimed at leveraging ICTs to enhance farmer knowledge and productivity. But did the programme help to close the gender and urban-rural gap in ICT access? Or is there a need for the scheme to be rolled out again?
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