Posts on the Country "Netherlands (Kingdom of the)"
FAO among key actors shaping Europe’s digital agriculture leadership at Synergy Days 2025
23/10/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was among the key contributors to Synergy Days 2025 in Rotterdam, joining a high-level panel that explored the question: Should Europe pool resources to position itself as a global leader in sustainable, digitally-enabled agriculture...
MOOC:Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission
18/06/2020
Wageningen University & Research is offering an exciting M OOC on Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission. Learn how to prepare and execute a flight mission with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and how to use, process and understand the collected drone data for your own...
Feedback on the Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report 2018-2019
16/04/2020
In December 2020, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) will cease its operations. As part of the closure process, we would like to invite you to participate in a short survey that assesses the outcomes of " The Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report 2018-2019" that...
Impacts of digitisation for agriculture
22/01/2020
ICT Update No. 93 published Over the last 20 years, the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has followed and reported on the changing landscape in ICTs for agriculture through the ICT Update. Last year, CTA published the Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report, 2018...
The project "Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground" shortlisted for WSIS 2020
16/01/2020
by Giacomo, Rambaldi The project “ Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground” has been nominated for voting under the category AL C7. E-agriculture at the World Summit on the Information Society – WSIS Prizes 2020. You are welcome to register with the WSIS community and cast your vote. Follow this...
The ICT Update No. 92 for September 2019 reflecting on digitalisation published
24/10/2019
The September Issue of ICT Update is now available online and reflects on the 20 years of publishing the ICT Update - nearly 100 issues. The current issue highlights three recurring themes – learning; barriers for inclusion and adoption of ICTs; and innovation and entrepreneurship.An editorial by...
The Digitalisation of the African Agriculture Report Executive Summary Released
20/08/2019
In June, CTA published The Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report, 2018-2019 which explained the agricultural transformation in Africa. The executive summary of this report has been published. The summary provides a glance of the Digital Agriculture in Africa statistics, includes the market...
CTA launches the Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report, 2018-2019
21/06/2019
The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has published the digitalisation of African Agriculture Report. The report advocates for the digital agricultural transformation that can feed Africa. In his launch statement, the CTA Director, Michael Hailu stated, “at CTA, we know...
Application for Pitch Agrihack 2019 are open
26/04/2019
Pitch AgriHack, the annual competition that awards young entrepreneurs in ICTs for agriculture (ICT4Ag) is open for applications. Now in its fourth year, Pitch AgriHack is an initiative by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) that supports ICT4Ag entrepreneurs through...