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Nawsheen's world
1. Nawsheen’s World
By:
Nawsheen Hosenally
ARDYIS Consultative Workshop
“Using ICTs to strengthen youth opportunities in agriculture
and rural areas”
22nd May 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa
2. Introduction
“Nawsheen’s World” was created in 2008
Active since 2010, mainly to share my
thoughts
In 2011, I attended a training on Web 2.0
by CTA in the framework of the ARDYIS
project and my blog started to focus more
on Agriculture
Since the YoBloCo, blog posts are solely
on Youth, Agriculture and ICTs
3. Objectives
To share information on Agriculture, Youth
and ICTs
Showcase best-practices in Agriculture
from Mauritius and the region
Share success stories of youth and
successful entrepreneurs in Agriculture
Share my own experience as a youth in
Agriculture (bring forward
opportunities/challenges faced by youth)
5. Nature of Blog Posts
Blog posts focused on different issues:
Conference/Workshop proceedings
Use of ICTs in Agriculture
Agricultural Policies
Sustainable Agriculture
Food Quality and Safety
Application of Web 2.0 and Social Media
Promoting Youth Leadership & Entrepreneurship
Highlighting new technologies in Agriculture
(Tissue culture/mass propagation, hydroponics,
use of GPS, mobile applications)
Crop and animal production
Challenges and opportunities in Agriculture
10. Motivation for updating blog
Interest in Web 2.0 and Agriculture
YoBloCo was a motivation to improve
blog’s quality and frequency
Passion for making a change by sharing
information and raising awareness on
Agriculture and youth-related issues
With time, blogging became a hobby
11. My perspective as a Blogger
Share
opinions
and
ideas
Information
benefit and Way of
impact other documenting
people
Blogging
Improve
skills and Tracking
gain activities
knowledge
Can be Creating
used for your
advocacy identity
12. Challenges faced
No major challenges faced
However, blogging is a time-consuming
activity
Lots of ideas, but lack of time to write on them
Some Blog posts remain drafts - unpublished
Internet connectivity
Blogging completely dependent on it
13. Impact of blog on my Agricultural
activities
Indirect job and other opportunities
Have an identity in the Agricultural sector
Increased Networking
Better understanding of different issues
related to agriculture (policies, challenges,
opportunities, initiatives, etc.)
Improved writing skills
14. Feedback from Audience
Comments received on blog posts that they have
been informative and useful to some people
Encouragement from experienced professionals
in Agriculture to keep on writing
Emails from blog followers, requesting for more
information (especially hydroponics, facilitation,
and other resources)
Other requests received from: Youth in
agriculture to create their blog, regarding
assignments, partnerships, consultancy
opportunities etc.
15. Conclusion
Blogging is an opportunity for youth to have their
own space and be visible in this competitive world
There is no limit on where a blog post may reach or
to whom it may be useful
Having a blog is free and it may have various
objectives and functions
I highly encourage people to have a blog for it has
more advantages than disadvantages!