Posts on the Country "Netherlands (Kingdom of the)"
'Data Driven Services for Farmer Led Business" Webinar by GFAR/CTA/GODAN
29/03/2018
GFAR/CTA/GODAN invites interested persons to a webinar "Data Driven Services for Farmer led Business" to be held on Thursday the 5th of April, 2018 This webinar is part of the work on farmers’ rights to data and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in...
Check out the latest “ICT Update” on Precision Agriculture
26/02/2018
ICT Update is a regular newsletter from CTA that focuses on topical issues in ICT for agriculture. The latest issue focuses on Precision Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers. This issue is hinged on the estimates that it is projected that by 2050 the population growth will have outgrown food...
Call for articles on blockchain opportunities for agriculture
22/02/2018
This announcement is shared for informational purpose to the e-Agriculture Community as announced by CTA in dgroups . CTA is looking for articles for the forthcoming issue of ICT Update, which will deal with blockchain in agriculture Blockchain can be defined as a digital ledger that allows storage...
#HackAgainstHunger Hackathon
08/01/2018
#HackAgainstHunger is hackathon challenge promoted by FAO and ITU ( and partners) based on end hunger and food security topics. Do you have an idea to ensure food security, decrease malnutrition or prevent famine? Join the #HacAgainstHunger! When? Sunday 18th and Monday19th of March 2018, Where? ITU...
Weather updates twice a day as apps transform farming
14/12/2017
SciDevNet published an article supported by the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA). The article focuses on the various apps that are available in agriculture as curated by the Apps4Ag database. The example of Farmerline app is highlighted; this app gives smallholder farmers...
Unlocking the power of Apps in agriculture
07/12/2017
According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has projected that the number of mobile subscription stands at 7.74 billion now exceeds the global population. Similarly, the number of apps were reported to be on the increase, for example, as of March 2017 the number of apps available...13/ 10
2017
Social Good Summit Geneva: supporting entrepreneurs to attract investment opportunities
Geneva, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 13/10/2017
***Text as announced on the event page***
09/ 10
2017
CTA workshop on perspectives for ICT and Agribusiness in ACP countries: Start-up financing, 3D printing and blockchain
Rhenen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 09/10/2017
| Date | 9 to 11 October 2017 |
| Location | Rhenen, Netherlands |
| Description |
The objectives of the workshop are to: |
The new ICT Update is now online: Applications for agriculture
07/07/2017
The new ICT Update, Issue 85 is now available online. The issue is entitled "Applications for Agricultue" reporting CTA's work in covering the growth and proliferation of digital and mobile phone technologies for agriculture. CTA is now moving forward by developing the Apps4Ag database - which is...