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And this is a view also shared by Dr Nicholas Ssekabunga, a veterinary Officer and Farm Manager at Kamenyamiggo District Agricultural Training and Information Centre (Datic) in Masaka.

Munyua (2008) cites several examples of such initiatives that have employed ICTs to restructure extension services in Africa include; the Machobane Farming System (MFS) in Lesotho, the Agricultural Technology and Information Response Initiative (ATIRI), and the Linking Local Learners (LLL) initiative in Kenya, the Virtual Extension Research and Communication Network (VERCON) in Egypt, the National Agricultural Advisory Services Programme (NAADS) in Uganda, the Agricultural Research and Extension Network (ARENET) in Uganda and the District Agricultural Training and Information Centres (DATICS) in Uganda.