20-21 January 2010. Wad Medani, Sudan. Agricultural Research Institute (ARC). The workshop was attended by 33 participants and some guests of honors from the Sudanese national agricultural research institutions, ministries, national information centers, universities and higher education, extension, national agricultural information networks, media, private sector and NGOs.
Dr. Rafaa Ashmalla Ghobrial, Head of Information Services and Systems, Documentation and Information Centre National Centre for Research. François Stepman (FARA) and Daniel Mwesige (ASARECA) were resource persons for the meeting.
The national RAILS Learning Team for the Sudan has been established and is now made aware about RAILS and responsibility for selected groups of the learning team to carry out RAILS activities in the Sudan.
The RAILS learning team for the Sudan selected 13 members, mainly directors of national agricultural research and information centers, library and agricultural knowledge managers, ICT and GIS professionals and extension specialists. Members:
- Prof. Kamal El siddig, Director, Administration of Human Resource Development and Information, ARC
- Mrs. Ahlam Ismail Musa, Head Central library ARC, AGRIS Resource Center of the Sudan, ARC
- Seifaldeen Abdalmagid Alkhliel, Head, GIS and Image Processing, GIS Unit. Land and Water Research Center - ARC
- Dr. Izat Mirghani Taha, Director, Documentation and Information Centre National Centre for Research,
- Dr. Rafaa Ashmalla Ghobrial, Head of Information Services and Systems, Documentation and Information Centre National Centre for Research,
- Dr. Muhsin Abdalla Hashim, DIC Director, University of Science and Technology, SNAIN Consultant,
- Abuobieda Mohamed Hamouda, Dean of University Library, University of Gezira,
- Dr. Abdelkarim Hassan Awadelkarim, Deputy Dean, U of K Library, Electronic Library, University of Khartoum
- Waleed Abu Elgasim Abdelgadir, IT Manager, Sudan Academy of Sciences (SAS),
- Khalid Ayoub Mohamed, IT Manager, Ministry of Science and Technology
- Mohamed Saad Ali Bayomi, Director Office of DG, TTEA
- Mujahid Najmeldien Fadl, Executive Manager, National Information Centre, Ministry of the Council of Ministers
- Aboud Mohamed Hussin, Programmer, Information Centre, Ministry of Higher Education
Related:
- Sudan: the role of scientific research in agriculture National Conference 22- 24 December 2009.
- D-group for SNAIN: http://dgroups.org/groups/fara-rails/SNAIN
