Posts on the Country "Uganda"
Challenge Call on the ‘Desert Locust’ at the Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020
19/03/2020
The ‘desert locust’ is one of the challenge calls at the Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020. The Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020 is one of the satellite INSPIRE hackathons. The hackathon is organised in the frame of the IST Africa 2020 Conference. There are 9 challenges in this Kampala edition. The...
Smallholders benefitting from digitized agriculture
17/04/2019
SciDevNet opines that the use of ICT tools is helping smallholders access farm inputs and increase yields. The article reviews a project in Uganda that is using ICTs to empower smallholder farmers. The situation: A major problem that has been confronting the two Ugandan smallholders – who epitomise...
Innovative insurance service for farmers based on satellite data gets commercial follow up in Uganda
08/02/2019
In sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder farmers are vulnerable to risks associated with changing weather patterns. In Uganda, the SUM-Africa project provides satellite based drought Index Insurance to protect farmers. The SUM-Africa project is supported by the G4AW program of Netherlands Space Office...18/ 12
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19/ 12
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Open and Fair Data for Agriculture
Kampala, Uganda 18/12/2018 – 19/12/2018
YITEDEV-Uganda is organising the Open and FAIR Data in Agriculture and Nutrition workshop with the main goal of unlocking the potential of weather, land and nutrition data to better the food value chain in Uganda.
Eyes in the Sky: How Drones and Satellites can transform African Agriculture?*
26/06/2018
African agriculture is faced by many challenges and yet technology – especially satellite and drone-assisted mapping technologies are poised to improve decision making for farmers and governments. However, since most farmers in Africa are smallholder farmers and mostly poor, what business models can...
Analyzing Radio content : Uganda Radio Application
06/06/2017
The United Nations Global Pulse is an initiative that focus on Big Data. The Pulse Lab Kampala, in Uganda has developed a prototype application that makes it possible to analyse in real time public discussions on the radio. This tool is unique in that it applies speech technology in three Ugandan...
m-Omulimisa, the mobile extension officer
12/04/2017
In Uganda, the spread of agronomical information is quite challenging, and the number of extension officers cannot meet the growing demand from farmers who often need immediate assistance. Thanks to innovations in information technology, mobile and web-based platforms are proving to be a huge help...
Market-led, User-owned ICT4Ag-enabled Information Service (MUIIS) Service Bundle officially launched in Uganda
21/03/2017
The market-led, user-owned ICT4Ag-enabled Information Service (MUIIS) Service Bundle was officially launched at the CTA Uganda country office on 8 March 2017. MUIIS is an innovative project that harnesses the power of satellite data to support extension and advisory services to farmers in Uganda...