Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture

Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture

The January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti directly affected the infrastructure and personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Ministere de l'Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Developpem...

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Main Authors: Arias, Diego, Weber, Nicolas
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGENTS
ARCHIVES
AUTHENTICATION
BACK UP
CELL PHONES
COLLABORATION TOOLS
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPONENTS
COMPUTERS
COMPUTING
DESCRIPTION
DEVICES
DIGITAL
DOCUMENTS
ELECTRICITY
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
ICT
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INNOVATION
INTERNAL NETWORK
INTERNET ACCESS
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LINUX
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MODEMS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PRIVATE NETWORK
PRIVATE SECTORS
REAL TIME
REMOTE ACCESS
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
SATELLITE
SERVERS
SITE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
TELEPHONE
TEXT
USERS
VIDEO
WIRELESS
WIRELESS DEVICES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/16234197/taking-haitian-agriculture-clouds-implementing-google-apps-government-ministry-agriculture-taking-haitian-agriculture-clouds-implementing-google-apps-government-ministry-agriculture
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spelling okr-10986-104282021-04-23T14:02:50Z Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture Arias, Diego Weber, Nicolas AGENTS ARCHIVES AUTHENTICATION BACK UP CELL PHONES COLLABORATION TOOLS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS COMPUTERS COMPUTING DESCRIPTION DEVICES DIGITAL DOCUMENTS ELECTRICITY ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT GOVERNMENT OFFICES GOVERNMENT SERVICES ICT INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INNOVATION INTERNAL NETWORK INTERNET ACCESS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LINUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MODEMS NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE NETWORK PRIVATE SECTORS REAL TIME REMOTE ACCESS RESEARCHERS RESULT SATELLITE SERVERS SITE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TELEPHONE TEXT USERS VIDEO WIRELESS WIRELESS DEVICES The January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti directly affected the infrastructure and personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Ministere de l'Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Developpement Rural, or MARNDR). It weakened the ministry's capacity to lead the economic recovery and food security improvements of the country, and set back research, innovation, and extension systems in the agricultural sector. In addition, most of the existing information systems and a vast number of electronic and hardcopy documents, including reports, studies, files, statistics, maps, and accounting data, were destroyed. This was due, in part, to the sheer physical destruction of the earthquake but also because MARNDR lacked a centralized archiving system. This smart lesson describes the successful introduction of cloud computing technology to the MARNDR's information and communications technology (ICT) system as the primary method to manage knowledge and preserve documents for the agricultural sector in Haiti. 2012-08-13T11:27:03Z 2012-08-13T11:27:03Z 2011-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/16234197/taking-haitian-agriculture-clouds-implementing-google-apps-government-ministry-agriculture-taking-haitian-agriculture-clouds-implementing-google-apps-government-ministry-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10428 English IFC Smart Lessons Brief CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Haiti
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topic AGENTS
ARCHIVES
AUTHENTICATION
BACK UP
CELL PHONES
COLLABORATION TOOLS
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPONENTS
COMPUTERS
COMPUTING
DESCRIPTION
DEVICES
DIGITAL
DOCUMENTS
ELECTRICITY
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
ICT
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INNOVATION
INTERNAL NETWORK
INTERNET ACCESS
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LINUX
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MODEMS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PRIVATE NETWORK
PRIVATE SECTORS
REAL TIME
REMOTE ACCESS
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
SATELLITE
SERVERS
SITE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
TELEPHONE
TEXT
USERS
VIDEO
WIRELESS
WIRELESS DEVICES
spellingShingle AGENTS
ARCHIVES
AUTHENTICATION
BACK UP
CELL PHONES
COLLABORATION TOOLS
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPONENTS
COMPUTERS
COMPUTING
DESCRIPTION
DEVICES
DIGITAL
DOCUMENTS
ELECTRICITY
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
ICT
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INNOVATION
INTERNAL NETWORK
INTERNET ACCESS
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LINUX
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MODEMS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PRIVATE NETWORK
PRIVATE SECTORS
REAL TIME
REMOTE ACCESS
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
SATELLITE
SERVERS
SITE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
TELEPHONE
TEXT
USERS
VIDEO
WIRELESS
WIRELESS DEVICES
Arias, Diego
Weber, Nicolas
Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Haiti
relation IFC Smart Lessons Brief
description The January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti directly affected the infrastructure and personnel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Ministere de l'Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Developpement Rural, or MARNDR). It weakened the ministry's capacity to lead the economic recovery and food security improvements of the country, and set back research, innovation, and extension systems in the agricultural sector. In addition, most of the existing information systems and a vast number of electronic and hardcopy documents, including reports, studies, files, statistics, maps, and accounting data, were destroyed. This was due, in part, to the sheer physical destruction of the earthquake but also because MARNDR lacked a centralized archiving system. This smart lesson describes the successful introduction of cloud computing technology to the MARNDR's information and communications technology (ICT) system as the primary method to manage knowledge and preserve documents for the agricultural sector in Haiti.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Arias, Diego
Weber, Nicolas
author_facet Arias, Diego
Weber, Nicolas
author_sort Arias, Diego
title Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture
title_short Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture
title_full Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture
title_fullStr Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Taking Haitian Agriculture to the Clouds : Implementing Google Apps for Government at the Ministry of Agriculture
title_sort taking haitian agriculture to the clouds : implementing google apps for government at the ministry of agriculture
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/16234197/taking-haitian-agriculture-clouds-implementing-google-apps-government-ministry-agriculture-taking-haitian-agriculture-clouds-implementing-google-apps-government-ministry-agriculture
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10428
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