Spatial data is crucial for sustainable land management and environmental protection; therefore the development of spatial data infrastructure (SDI) ensures accessibility of information for decision-making. Many national organizations have begun to recognize the need to justify the large public investments they receive by improving access and encouraging a broader use of the information in their custody.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsSeptember, 2001Lesotho
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001Ethiopia, Africa
The Government of Ethiopia drew up a long-term industrial strategy in 1994
known as Agricultural Development-Led Industrialization (ADLI). The
Government is convinced that agriculture is the engine that can propel the
socio-economic development of Ethiopia by providing the basis for
industrialization and necessary surplus for the expansion of other sectors of
the economy. The ADLI strategy gives priority to the development of
agriculture as a primary stimulus for the sustainable growth of agro-industry
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2001Africa
Administrators and politicians are beginning to recognize spatial information as a national re source as well as a part of the basic infrastructure that needs to be efficiently coordinated and managed in the interest of the nation. It is very important to develop policies for standardization, legal aspects, pricing, distribution, etc. Spatial Data Infrastructure is conceived to be: an umbrella of policies, standards and procedures under which organisations and technologies interact to foster more efficient use, management and production of spatial data.
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Library ResourceDecember, 2001Uganda
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJune, 2001Africa
The importance of agriculture in the economies of African countries cannot be overstated. Notwithstanding geographic and climatic diversity and other country specificities, the agricultural sector in African countries is the main source of rural livelihoods and, in general, employs more than two-thirds of the labour force. Agriculture generates more than a third of GDP in most African countries, and accounts for up to 40 per cent of exports. Most African countries have undertaken autonomous liberalization in agriculture.
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