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The World Bank recently launched an electronic sourcebook, ICT in Agriculture, to provide development practitioners with lessons learned, guiding principles and case studies on applying information and communication technologies in developing country agriculture.
In this blog post, US Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome Ertharin Cousin writes about how the three UN food agencies, with US support, are improving the lives of poor rural families in Honduras.
