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InfoCom Division

Our mission is to provide suitable and specialised technical services and effectively communicate the work of the Centre to the national and international community. Our main activities include managing the Intranet and Internet sites, maintaining the Syrian Agricultural Database (SAD), operating the library, organizing the Agricultural Policy Forum, and publishing newsletters and other publications.

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InfoCom Division

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  1. InfoCom Division

  2. Mission Provide suitable specialised technical services and communicate the Centre’s work to the national and international community

  3. The main activities • Intranet site & Internet site • Syrian Agricultural Database (SAD) • Library • Agricultural Policy Forum • Newsletter • Publishing Activities

  4. 8Members • Usama: Coordinator • Bashar & Yahia and Nadia : Database • Maamoun : Librarian • Hassan: NAPC NET • Nawal & Arwa: Newsletter,Policy Forum, Publications

  5. Syrian Agriculture Database Version 2004 • It is available on-line • Available on CD-ROM • About 1000 CD-ROMs of version 2004 were disseminated

  6. Version 2005 • Updating the data of agriculture and agricultural production sector for 2004 • Upgrading the data of agricultural trade for two years 1994-2003 • Adding new disaggregate figures up to district level (“Mantika level”) 2001 to 2004 • Training

  7. Agricultural Trade Data

  8. Agricultural Policy Forum • Agriculture in the Syrian –Eu Association Agreement, on 23 March 2005 jointly by Mr A. El Hindi and Mr L. Zeller, Eu Delegation in Syra. • New Orientations of Syrian Agricultural Policy, on 22 June 2005 byMr Erfan Alloush, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture

  9. NAPC Newsletter • The sixth issue was published in April 2005. • The seventh issue is being produced, to be published in October

  10. Intranet & Internet • Regular updates • Creating new web pages • Creating divisional web pages • Translating NAPC English web pages to Arabic

  11. Library • 1453records have been inserted • 55new books and magazines & 255 electronic titles have been added • Librarian visit to FAO Headquarter in Rome in April 2005

  12. Publications • SAT 2004 • SOFAS 2005 • Newsletter N˚ 6 • Proceedings • Working paper on GAFTA monitoring • Six working papers by the Farming Systems team • Comparative advantages study

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