1. The Publications
Dissemination Service
(PDS)

2. Who may apply for a free Spore (paper) subscription?
Individuals (including students) in ACP
countries active in agriculture and rural
development
(N.B. Organisations receiving CTA publications
automatically receive Spore.)
If their application is accepted, they will
receive Spore in the selected language (French or
English) or Esporo, the Portuguese version.
The electronic version is accessible to everyone.

3. Who may apply for a free subscription to CTA
publications?
Only organisations/departments located in an ACP
country and active in agriculture and rural development.
The contact person should be the Librarian, the Director or
the Head of Department.
If the application is accepted, the organisation/department
will receive the following free-of-charge:
the magazine Spore/Esporo in the selected language
an account with credit points to order CTA publications free-of-charge

4. A few figures
53,000 subscribers to Spore/Esporo (paper version)
11,700 subscribers to the e-version of Spore/Esporo
36,000 subscribers to CTA publications
1,800 DORA subscribers
3,800 subscribers to ICT Update (paper version)
5,800 subscribers to the e-version of ICT Update

5. A few figures in 2012 (until end October)
Description TOTAL Online Backend
New Spore/Esporo 6,308 2,412 3,896
subscribers
New subscribers to CTA 2,364 2,034 330
publications
CTA publications ordered by 57,788 33,247 24,541
subscribers
CTA publications ordered for 30,242
events/donations
DORA publications ordered 1,940 229 1,711
Subscribers orders 9,466 5,119 4,347
processed

6. A look at Google Analytics since 26/01/2012
• http://publications.cta.int: 27,500 unique visitors
Returning
New
51.37% returning visitors
48.63% new visitors
• Countries: Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal
• +/- 10,600 PDFs downloaded
• 2% visitors using mobile technology to access the website

7. Order flow: Orders placed on line
Subscriber
Mails the publications Orders on line
Time: ? Time: max. 24 hours
Processes the order
Time: max. 48 hours
Deutsche
SMI
Post

8. Order flow: orders sent by post
Mails the publications Subscriber Sends the order by post
Time: ? Time: 2-3 weeks
Deutsche
Post CTA
Processes the order Registers the order
Time: max. 48 hours Time: max. 24 hours
SMI

9. Thank you!