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Agriculture
Agriculture is also being transformed by APTS. Increasingly, APTS spur the development of innovative programmes and research in the agricultural sector. Farmers worldwide are using ICTs to obtain market information, to bypass intermediaries and to obtain better prices for their products. Timely access to market information via communication networks also helps farmers make judicious decisions about what crops to plant and where to sell their produce and buy inputs.
Additionally, APTS empower farmers, rationalise supply chains and improve productivity. APTS also facilitate research and development, and information sharing on agricultural farm extension technologies and approaches (such as the development of effective seed technologies), particularly those that can work to enhance food security and subsistence. APTS can also assist in provision of information that warns fisherfolk of storms at sea or facilitates the prevention or treatment of crop or animal disease.
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