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60 Dr BR Ambedkar Open University Echos du Sahel First Voice International Freeplay Foundation Helen Keller International Home.id.net ict-km Program of the CGIAR Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Institut National de Reserches Agronomiques du Niger International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) International Research Institute for Climate Prediction International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited Mission 2007 MS Swaminathan Research Foundation National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oxfam-Quebec Peace Corps Radio Communautaire Marhaba de Kahe United Nations Fund for Population Activities ‘@LóRiLi?¿?[xqsVN]??sV;?’ A heady mix-up of interests and intentions, how can they talk the one language of VASAT? Not to worry. VASAT is facilitated by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) headed by Director General William Dar, manager par excellence. From an email by Rex Navarro (ICRISAT Director of Communication & Special Assistant to the Director General), I learn that VASAT was designed and continues to be developed further for farmers in the drylands; thus, it has 5 main goals: (1) build a consortium of Communities of Practice; (2) develop non-formal instructional materials; (3) transform VASAT-developed learning objects into learning materials; (4) design and test a knowledge & information exchange model; (5) assess the impact of knowledge sharing on families & extension as a whole. In other words, VASAT is knowledge sharing between those who know and those who don’t understand, between scientists and farmers, between theory and practice, between the lab and the field, between mental workers and manual laborers, between neat scientific explanations and the realities of life. The Telugu Paradigm
61 All that reminds me to go back to Telugu, to the AMS women of Addakal, one of the poorest regions of India: total area 19,397 ha, 15% irrigated, 60% dryland, 25% wasteland; 37 villages, 46,380 people, mean literacy rate 49%; 75% of workers in crop and livestock production (<strong>icrisat</strong>.org/vasat). A farmer visits a Village Information Center (VIC) with a question – and he speaks only Telugu. It’s his birds. At the VIC, one of three AMS volunteer Village Network Assistants (VNAs) talks with him. I understand his concern goes like this: VASAT has a language all its own. Not Telugu, not English, not sign language, not programming. Science is language. Science with a human face. In VASAT, a scientist speaking English with a farmer speaking Telugu understand each other very well. ‘@LóRiLi?¿?[xqsVN]??sV;?’ Not all lay eggs. All 21 weeks old. All hybrids. The VNA inputs the question into an electronic format an expert understands. The question becomes this (my sentence, my formulation): What are the possible causes of poultry not producing eggs at the age of maturity? A paradigm shift if ever I saw one. The VNA sends that question through the Internet to any of 2 Para-Extension Workers (PEWs) stationed at the central hub in the AMS building somewhere in Addakal. The PEW then communicates with any of the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) through a Web-enabled Learning Content Management System (LCMS). Here are two possible LCMS-delivered poultry husbandry responses: ‘Some birds are male.’ ‘You’re not giving them the right feed at the right time.’ Imagine hearing that in Telugu! ‘@LóRiLi?¿?[xqsVN]??sV;?’ The bird farmer now understands. The service is free, if not instant. VASAT has a language all its own. Not Telugu, not English, not sign language, not programming. Science is language. Science with a human face. In VASAT, a scientist speaking English with a farmer speaking Telugu understand each other very well. Science with a human face begins – and ends – with understanding. ‘@LóRiLi?¿?[xqsVN]??sV;?’ That’s Telugu asking you: ‘Understand?’ The Telugu Paradigm
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