CTA Annual Report 2008

Information Products and Services Department (IPSD)
The main objectives of IPSD are to increase the availability of information and improve awareness of information sources. This department focuses on
providing information on agriculture and rural development, encouraging greater involvement of ACP authors and publishers in publishing activities,
promoting the use of various media, and integrating information dissemination activities.
The department’s activities are structured around the following:
Print and electronic production of CTA’s institutional publications and those produced in collaboration with other publishers and development
agencies. The department produces radio (Rural Radio Resource Packs) and television programmes as well as content for distribution via digital
satellite.
The Publications Distribution Service (PDS) distributes the titles on CTA’s publications list. Publications that have no CTA involvement are distributed
through the Dissemination of Reference Books on Agriculture (DORA) programme to pre-selected organisations.
The Question-and-Answer Service (QAS), Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Service, and Database Subscription Programmes help a wide
cross-section of ACP users to access a variety of information on relevant topics.
CTA publications (print and electronic)
Title
Type of publication
CTA Annual Report 2007/Rapport annuel CTA 2007
Report (English and French) (print/PDF on CTA website/CD-ROM)
E-catalogue/Catalogue électronique
Complete list of publications from CTA’s catalogue in a searchable
online database (electronic format)
Publications Catalogue: Supplement 2008/Catalogue des publications :
supplement 2008
Print publication
Setting up and Running a Small-scale Dairy Processing Business *
Print publication in the Opportunities in Food Processing series
Setting up and Running a Small-scale Fruit and Vegetable Processing Business*
Print publication in the Opportunities in Food Processing series
Role of Information and Communication in the Development of Small- and
Medium-sized Food-Processing Enterprises in Africa/Rôle de l’information et de
la communication dans le développement des petites et moyennes unités de
transformation agroalimentaire en Afrique
Seminar report, Cotonou, Benin
CTA Practical Guide Series:
English:
No 15: Worm Control in Sheep
No 16: Linking Smallholder Farmers to Markets
Print and PDF on CTA website
Portuguese:
No 1: A criação de cabras leiteiras
No 2: Como controlar a Striga e a broca do caule na cultura do milho
No 3: Recolha da água da chuva visando o aumento da produção de pasto
No 4: Práticas melhoradas de criação de galinhas de raça local
No 5: Como fazer farinha de mandioca de boa qualidade
No 6: Como fazer chips e farinha de batata doce
No 7: Composto enriquecido para rendimentos culturais mais elevados
No 8: A conservação de frutos e de legumes de folhas
No 10: Criação dum viveiro de árvores
No 11: Como fazer chips e farinha de banana
No 12: Processamento de tomates
No 13: Como crier abelhas e processor o mel
No 14: Como combater a mosca da fruta nas mangas
No 15: Controlo da parasitose ovina
No 16: Comos os pequenos agricultores podem aceder aos mercados
Spore/Esporo
Magazine (newsfeed/print/ PDF/HTML format on CTA website) Issues
133–138 in English and French; issues 83–88 in Portuguese
Spore/Esporo E-nnouncement
E-mail announcement of forthcoming Spore/Esporo issues distributed
to subscribers
CTA corporate information
Electronic format
Institutional information on CTA posted on CTA website www.cta.int
Spore ‘n More
Digital satellite broadcast of selected CTA material including Spore
and Esporo; encouragement of community of users
CTA Photo Gallery
Website
Digital archive of images in the domains of agriculture and rural
development
* All the titles in this series are commissioned by CTA. Full details and credits are provided in the Publications Catalogue.
Co-publications
Title
Authors
Publishing partners
Series
PROTA series
Stand alone co-publications
Bois d'oeuvre
Backhuys Publishers/PROTA
Medicinal Plants
G.H. Schmelzer, A. Gurib-Fakim
Backhuys Publishers/PROTA
Plantes médicinales
G.H. Schmelzer, A. Gurib-Fakim
Backhuys Publishers/PROTA
Stand-alone titles
Étude sur les besoins en formation des formateurs à la
radio rurale
FAO/URTNA/SADC-CDD
Agriculture and the WTO in Africa: understand to act
M-C. Lebret, A. Alpha, (eds)
GRET/Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la
Pêche/Ministère des Affaires étrangères
et européennes
Agriculture et OMC en Afrique : comprendre pour agir
M-C. Lebret, A. Alpha, (eds)
GRET/Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la
Pêche/Ministère des Affaires étrangères
et européennes
Work the net: a management guide for formal networks
U.K. Egger, St. Gallen Skat, M. Glueck,
G. Buchholz, G. Rana, S. Arhidani
GTZ
Work the net : un guide de gestion pour les réseaux
formels
U.K. Egger, St. Gallen Skat, M. Glueck,
G. Buchholz, G. Rana, S. Arhidani
GTZ
Work the net: um guia de gerenciamento para redes
formais
U.K. Egger, St. Gallen Skat, M. Glueck,
G. Buchholz, G. Rana, S. Arhidani
GTZ
Ecological monitoring methods for the assessment of
pesticide impact in the tropics
I.F. Grant, C.C.D. Tingle (eds)
DFID/NRI/PAN UK
Méthodologies de suivi écologique pour évaluer les effets
des pesticides dans les tropiques
I.F. Grant, C.C.D. Tingle (eds)
DFID/NRI/PAN UK
Produire des programmes pour la radio
R. McLeish
GRET
Endogenous livestock development in Cameroon
K. van't Hooft, D. Millar, E. Geerlings, S. Django
Agromisa, ETC Compass, Heifer
International, ELD Network
Le développement endogène de l'élevage au Cameroun
K. van't Hooft, D. Millar, E. Geerlings, S. Django
Agromisa, ETC Compass, Heifer
International, ELD Network
Desenvolvimento Endógeno de Criação de Gado nos
Camarões
K. van't Hooft, D. Millar, E. Geerlings, S. Django
Agromisa, ETC Compass, Heifer
International, ELD Network
Les ligneux du Sahel
P. Bonnet, M. Arbonnier, P. Grard
QUAE
Producer organisations and market chains
G. Holtland, L. Flores, D. Commandeur, G. Ton,
G. Zijm, O. van der Valk, K. Blokland, C. Gouët,
J. Bijman, L. Peppelenbos, H. Verkuijl, D.
Boselie, B. van Elzakker, R. Pyburn, M. Danse, B.
Wennink, T. Schraderr, J. Nelen, R. Delnoye, S.
Vellema,
J. Oorthuizen
Wageningen UR, Wageningen Academic
Publishers, Agriprofocus
Élaboration d’une stratégie d’information
(IMARK – CD-Rom )
CIRAD/FAO/GTZ/UNESCO
Moderniser les systèmes nationaux de vulgarisation
agricole : Guide pratique à l’intention des décideurs
politiques des pays en développement
M. Kalim Qamar
FAO
The biomass assessment book: bioenergy for a sustainable
environment
F. Rosillo-Call, P. de Groot, S.L. Hemstock,
J. Woods (eds)
Earthscan
A handbook of tropical soil biology: sampling and
characterisation of below-ground biodiversity
F.M.S. Moreira, E.J. Huising, D.E. Bignell
Earthscan
Biotechnology in development: experiences from the South
(booklet and DVD)
G. Ruivenkamp
Center for Tailormade Biotechnologies
and Genomics, HiVOS, Wageningen
Academic Publishers
2008 Musa Doc (CD-ROM)
Bioversity International
Agricultures tropicales en poche series
L’apiculture
P. D. Paterson
Presses agronomiques de
Gembloux/Quae
The home garden in the tropics
E. Verheij, H. Waaijenberg
Agromisa
Le jardin potager dans les zones tropicales
E. Verheij, H. Waaijenberg
Agromisa
A horta de quintal nas regiões tropicais
E. Verheij, H. Waaijenberg
Agromisa
Mitigating the effects of HIV/AIDS in small-scale farming
A. Lengkeek, M. Koster, M. Salm
Agromisa
Agrodok series
Atténuer les effets du VIH/SIDA dans les petites
exploitations agricole
A. Lengkeek, M. Koster, M. Salm
Agromisa
Mitigação dos efeitos do VIH/SIDA na agricultura de
pequena escala
A. Lengkeek, M. Koster, M. Salm
Agromisa
Small-scale freshwater fish farming
E. Carballo, A. van Eer, T. van Schie, A.
Hilbrands
Agromisa
La pisciculture à petite échelle en eau douce
E. Carballo, A. van Eer, T. van Schie, A.
Hilbrands
Agromisa
Piscicultura de água doce em pequena escala
E. Carballo, A. van Eer, T. van Schie, A.
Hilbrands
Agromisa
Bustani za uyoga kwa wakulima wadogo vijijini
P. Oei, B. Nieuwenhuizen
Agromisa/Nyarumbugu Outgrowers
Projects
Video co-productions
Product
Description
Agriflash
Description: Short video programme (3-minutes) on agriculture produced in collaboration with People TV
and broadcast through the magazine Business Africa in 35 countries
Issues featured:
Potatoes in the air; ‘Fruity ants’; Livestock farmers’ tips; A tasty treat against malnutrition; Detecting
aflatoxin; Organic markets/En l’air, la pomme de terre; Des fourmis ‘fructueuses’; Astuces d’éleveurs; Une
gourmandise contre la malnutrition; Détecter l’aflatoxine; Marché bio
Food safety; Cows and grasses; Ginger’s back; Head start on the armyworm; Biotech plan; Pedal and
pump/Sécurité des aliments; Des vaches et des graminées; C’est reparti pour le gingembre; Le légionnaire
pris de vitesse; Plan biotech; Pédalez, pompez
Cowpeas on top; Community media; Cooking without fire; Interactive observers; Transparency money;
Younger image for grandmothers /Le niébé au top; Observateurs interactifs (médias communautaires);
Cuisiner sans feu; Observateurs interactifs; L’argent transparent; L’image rajeunie des grands-mères
Targeting tse-tse control; Fish in cages; Ban on timber exports; Eldis’ new look; Suns of Africa;
All-year-round gardening in the Sahel/Lutte ciblée contre la tsé-tsé; Le poisson en cage; Bois interdit
d’exportation; Le nouveau look d’Eldis; Soleils d’Afrique; Jardiner toute l’année au Sahel
Making honey; Grafted shea nut: a prolific look-alike; Avocado oil; Senegalese biofuels; Organic prawns;
Patchouli from Burundi/Faire son miel; Karité greffé: un sosie prolifique; Huile d’avocat; Biocarburants
sénégalais; Crevette bio; Patchouli du Burundi
Water melons for peace; Jatropha curcas instead of petrol; The return of the octopus; Newsfeeds; Let’s
explore the savanna/ Pastèques de la paix; Pas de pétrole, mais du pourghère; Le retour de la pieuvre; Flux
de contenu; Explorons les savanes
Video short reports
Report on Web2 for Rural Development/Reportage sur le Web2 pour le développement rural
5 short reports on climate change/5 reportages courts sur les changements climatiques
Video for development
Updating of the video for development website (EN/FR) http://video.cta.int/
Rural Radio Resource Packs (RRRPs)
Title
Description
Drying agricultural produce/ Séchage des
produits agricoles
Thematic, multimedia information kits targeting rural broadcasters
Integrated pest management/ Lutte
intégrée contre les ravageurs
Renewable energy in agriculture/énergies
renouvelables utilisées en agriculture
Marketing for small-scale
producers/Marketing pour producteurs à
petite-échelle
Micro-finance/Micro-finance
Neglected crops: proving the potential
Rural Radio Programme
Updating of the Rural Radio Programme website (EN/FR) http://ruralradio.cta.int/
Subscribers to CTA’s Publications Distributions Service (PDS), 2008
Subscribers
Number (from 01/01/2008 to 31/12/2008)
New PDS subscribers
1
701
New Spore/Esporo subscribers
1
3,031
Number of CTA publications distributed (both on CTA’s initiative and in response to orders)
114,282
Number of non-CTA publications distributed
1,622
Number of publication order forms processed
14,106
Total number of PDS subscribers
37,421
Total number of Spore/Esporo subscribers
45,910
1
This figure takes into account the new subscriptions minus those which were discontinued in 2008.
Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Service 2008
ACP region
Standard profiles
Number of references
Caribbean
11
3,314
Central Africa
19
3,943
East Africa
73
16,164
Pacific
21
4,996
Southern Africa
97
19,828
West Africa
148
38,121
Total
369
86,366
QAS Statistics 2008
User categories of CTA-supported QAS centres 2008
User category
Benin
Botswana
Guinea
Lesotho
Malawi
Namibia
South Africa
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Total
9
11
15
0
2
0
49
36
8
130
12
1
0
2
4
0
129
13
27
188
Consultants
7
0
10
0
0
0
0
1
0
18
Librarians/Archivists
1
1
0
0
8
1
69
1
19
100
96
1
2
1
19
4
455
55
25
658
121
17
32
1
22
2
485
35
88
803
Researchers
Lecturers/Teachers
Students
Extension Agents
Policy-makers
70
10
3
3
5
0
39
6
9
145
Farmers
688
14
29
2
29
1
789
361
100
2,013
Others
334
14
18
0
25
2
593
4
85
1,075
1,338
69
109
9
114
10
2,608
512
361
5,130
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Total
Total
Use of information requested from CTA- supported QAS centres 2008
Information use
Benin
Botswana
Guinea
Lesotho
Malawi
Namibia
South
Africa
Agricultural processing
137
0
10
1
0
0
24
29
0
201
Animal production
119
12
5
1
29
5
937
124
107
1,339
12
11
15
1
32
0
422
12
65
570
610
14
29
0
16
1
782
236
64
1,752
Community education
Crop production
Lecture/Address
Markets and marketing
Other
Personal use
5
1
10
4
1
0
75
13
9
118
151
2
37
0
2
0
92
23
10
317
25
3
5
0
12
1
50
10
32
138
205
17
0
1
23
1
997
22
72
1,338
Policy
development/Planning
54
0
3
0
0
0
14
5
1
77
Research
20
8
3
0
3
3
42
38
7
124
1,338
68
117
8
118
11
3,435
512
367
5,974
Total
Institutional affiliation of QAS users in CTA-supported QAS centres 2008
Institutional affiliation
Benin
Botswana
Guinea
Lesotho
Malawi
Namibia
South Africa
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Total
Commercial companies
6
0
32
0
0
0
0
13
0
51
Farmer organisations
287
0
28
0
0
0
12
21
2
350
Government institutions
183
17
30
2
22
2
84
0
97
437
3
0
10
0
0
0
0
8
0
21
Non-governmental
institutions
Private persons
535
40
5
6
75
4
860
421
235
2,181
Research institutions
8
11
5
0
2
0
4
12
8
50
Universities
7
1
0
1
19
4
11
31
19
93
Women’s organisations
Others
Total
292
5
6
303
17
0
2
0
0
0
453
6
0
478
1,338
69
117
9
118
10
1,430
512
361
3,964