Posts on the Country "United States of America"
24/ 11
2017
[IoT4Ag Webinar] The Yield: Taking the Guesswork out of growing: Internet of Things in agriculture
United States of America 24/11/2017
Ros Harvey will share her practical experience in building her AgTech business, The Yield. The presentation will span the technology, the business models and the operational challenges of delivering solutions to market. She will discuss her experience in creating public good with private effort in the digital economy. With her strong international development background, Ros is in a unique position, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of digital agriculture in emerging markets.
Gender and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Survey Toolkit
06/10/2017
The USAID has launched the Gender and Information Communication Technology Survey Toolkit which was prepared in collaboration with its partners. It was noted that over 1.7 billion women in low and middle-income countries do not own mobile phones. Even in cases where women own mobile phones, they are...
Internet of Things (loT) for Agriculture Webinar Series: "IoT: the Internet of Tractors"
15/08/2017
The World Bank Agriculture Global Practice is pleased to invited interested persons to the next webinar entitled, "loT: the Internet of Tractors". The webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 22 at 9 a.m EDT. About the webinar Rapid urbanization, aging farm populations, and depleting rural labor...
Extending the Benefits: Gender-Equitable, ICT-Enabled Agricultural Development
10/08/2017
"Extending the Benefits: Gender-Equitable, ICT-Enabled Agricultural Development" is the title of Module 4 in the Revised ICT e-Sourcebook on ICTs in Agriculture. This module focuses on the benefits of ICTs when made available to men and women working in agriculture and rural areas. The module...
Creating scalable, engaging mobile solutions for agriculture
04/08/2017
The GSMA mAgri programme just released a report entitled, " Creating scalable, engaging mobile solutions for agriculture". This is a result of a study which lasted three years within the mNutrition Inititative portfolio. The mNutrition initiative portfolio covers six countries with the following...
ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook: Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
10/07/2017
Realizing the potential of ICTs in developing countries' agriculture, the Agriculture and Rural Development Department (ARD) of the World Bank in collaboration with InfoDev (part of the World Bank Group) embarked in an effort to explore and capture the expanding knowledge and use of ICT tools in...06/ 09
2017
InterDrone: The International Drone Conference and Exposition
United States of America 06/09/2017
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Global Forest Watch - Monitoring forests in near real time
17/05/2017
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an interactive online forest monitoring and alert system designed for users to access the information they need to better manage and conserve forest landscapes. The mission of the Global Forest Watch is to provide the most precise information about the status of forest...
Six Ways Drones Are Revolutionizing Agriculture
05/05/2017
By 2050, there will be 9.6 billion people in the planet. Feeding the whole worldwide population will be a central challenge for the next generations. Farmers will have to think of ways to reduce the inputs, for example water and pesticides, while maintaining the outputs. Drones can be of great help...