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New Publication : - GENDER AND ICTs : Mainstreaming gender in the use of ICTs for agriculture and rural development
08/03/2018
In celebrating the "International Women's Day' (IWD 2018) FAO, IFAD and WFP have organized this year’s annual event on how media and ICT can empower rural women and girls to transform their lives. During this day's celebrations, a new publication, " GENDER AND ICTs : Mainstreaming gender in the use...
Farming in a liquidity crisis - How AgriFin Mobile have assisted smallholder farmers
06/03/2018
January 2018, Mutasa, Zimbabwe Linda Mungira, a mother of four children and smallholder farmer in Mutasa, a district in eastern Zimbabwe, walks slowly towards her chicken coup at the edge of her residence next to her toilet facility on her modest rural homestead. She takes with her a woven basket to...
AFITA/WCCA 2018 Conference will focus on Precision Agriculture
01/03/2018
The Asia-Pacific Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (AFITA) announces the upcoming conference which will focus on precision agriculture. This year in October 2018, AFITA/WCCA2018 is going to be co-located with World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA). As stated on our...
Drones in agriculture: a tool for early pest detection.
06/02/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations projects that by 2050 humanity’s ranks will likely have grown to nearly 10 billion people. Farmers will need to produce more with less, while preserving our environment for future generations. And society has a duty to help them...
Big Data is new focus for agricultural sector in Bangladesh
13/12/2017
Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) hosted the seminar session titled “ Smart Agriculture, Smart Future” at Digital World 2017 with support from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). On the 2nd day of the mega event, speakers highlighted the importance of use of Big Data and other modern...
Use of mobile phone in rural area for agriculture development.
07/11/2017
In most developping countries, agriculture is the main source of the population’s income. Lack of acces to relevant informations leads to low yields, famers stress and low income. Nowadays Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to transform agriculture in rural area...
Using Unstructured Supplementary Service Data code for agricultural extension and advisory services.
11/10/2017
L’objectif de ce projet est t’amener l’information agropastorale auprès des producteurs du monde rural à travers leur téléphone en utilisant le code Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) . Le monde rural est délaissé en ce qui concerne les TIC, la population vieillissante ne maitrise pas l...
How Drone Technology Is Bringing Environmental Benefits To Farms
29/08/2017
(This article was inspired by the recent blog post ‘ Drones in Agriculture’, posted on 22nd August) Whist we mostly take it for granted, we depend on the farming industry for the food we eat, and therefore for our very survival. A vast proportion of the earth’s land mass is farmland, and farming...