Mission

• To cost effectively enhance the quality of research and administration through the integrated ICT innovations and more understand of E-agriculture.
• To facilitate regional-leading research, and enhance the digital experience, through provision of sustainable and reliable digital solutions.

The Main Objectives of the ICT Directorate

• To establish one main research data center
  • To establish strong and secure network infrastructure
  • To automate all activities of the technical and support departments
  • To enhance already established website of the institute
  • To establish smart agriculture using sensors and other Information communication technology tools
  • To enhance capacity and understand of information communication technology of the researchers and other support staffs
  • To enhance information and productive of regional pastoral and agro-pastoral Somali society
  • To create paperless society in SoRPARI
  • To create help desk to response the need of the staff about communication
  • To make sure that all computers, network and communication devices are working properly

The Main Role of Information communication technology and knowledge management

• Planning, implementation and development of ICT infrastructure accordingly
  • Fully support the researchers while they are doing their task
  • To plan and assist all strategies about how to apply and adopt communication technologies
  • To manage operations and maintenance of ICT resources.
  • To manage databases of information systems.
  • To train end-users on computer literacy and offer end-user computing support.
  • To offer technical advice and consultancy on acquisition of ICT resources.

• To work with SoRPARI stakeholders and governmental and non-governmental organizations.
  • Developing or customizing new applications
  • To establish better environment of communication among the researchers and other staff