This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects
run by DFID's 10-year Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy
Interactive learning software has been created to give users in Kenya
and Bolivia access to information. The Daktari and Promotor programs are
suitable for use even by the illiterate, and can give poor households
who aren't reached by the extension services access to vital
information. Poor users' access the software through kiosks placed in
their community. And, despite the fact that only a small number of these
kiosks are available, these programs have already been used by more than
6000 households. The programs are also complemented by digital forums.
These can be accessed by policy makers and planners who want to gain
better insights into the needs of the poor by finding out what
information they are requesting.
The CD has the following information for this output: Description,
Validation, Current Situation, Current Promotion, Impacts On Poverty,
Environmental Impact. Attached PDF (18 pp.) taken from the CD.
LPP30, New technologies, new processes, new policies: tried-and-tested and ready-to-use results from DFID-funded research, Research Into Use Programme, Aylesford, Kent, UK, ISBN 978-0-9552595-6-2, p 143.