CAISNET

The Caribbean Agricultural Information Service will improve access to technological information that will directly impact on the productive capacity of the agricultural sector through the development of national networks at the level of individual Caribbean countries.

Products

These are the CAIS Information Products currently available on this website:

Acronyms Index
Websites for Agriculture
Caribbean News on the Web
Technology Information Files
Select Bibliographies
CAISNews

Services

The CAIS Regional Coordinating Centre, CARDI Headquarters will to its clients provide technical assistance in network development and management. The range of services offered under development and management of the network capacities are: -

1. Establishment of common protocols and standards for Information Management and sharing
2. Advice on developing centralised databases / information service
3. Management of Electronic linkages (website, email, discussion groups)
4. Provision of Centralised Information Services
5. Development of directories of information resources / sources
6. Preparation of specialised publications in response to indicated network needs
7. Advocacy on behalf of networks
8. Assistance with the development of project proposals
9. Training for capacity building
10. Responses to question on agriculture technology and marketing
11. Contact information for Caribbean and international businesses, scientist and consultants
12. Referrals to other sources of information