The workshop was truly participatory and this report is designed to reflect the mutual consensus
reached by the participants. The excellent presentations made at the workshop have not been
presented in full since they were comprehensively discussed – only the results of these discussions
are presented in this report. The workshop participants agreed that innovative application of
information technology (IT) tools such as databases and modeling will produce knowledge that can
be shared across sites eco-zones and countries. This will contribute to improving the efficiency and
measurable impact of research in soil and water management in the subregion. The most important
result of the workshop was the articulation of what requires to be done to achieve greater use of IT
tools. Furthermore the participants called for further prioritization of the identified interventions so
as to design the most effective strategy for the region. It is for this reason that this report has been
published as a discussion paper. The main part of the report will also be produced in French to
facilitate discussion in Madagascar Burundi Rwanda and DR Congo.
Publication year
2002
Authors
Keywords
Databases, Research, Simulation models, Soil management, Water management
