Documents and publications
There are a number of publications in ICTs for agriculture that are published by e-Agriculture, and also in conjunction with partners. This section collects these publications and those from our partners that are relevant to ICTs for agriculture.
Digitalization and child labour in agriculture. Exploring blockchain and Geographic Information Systems to monitor and prevent child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector. Design paper
08/06/2023
This paper is the product of a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Wageningen University and Research (WUR) to explore the potential application of innovative technologies to improve data collection and risk estimation of child labour in the cocoa sector. In particular, it assesses the potential role of blockchain technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in collecting and sharing data on cocoa-growing areas in Ghana, and how this could contribute to monitoring and ultimately preventing child labour in those areas.
Categories: Blockchain
Anticipate, Automate, Accelerate. The case for blockchain in anticipatory action
08/06/2023
A growing number of actors including United Nations agencies and NGOs have been exploring and employing anticipatory action (AA) as a more effective approach to disaster risk management, wherein assistance is provided to affected communities prior to the impact of a natural hazard. These approaches have been heralded globally by donors and organizations alike as being a more protective, proactive, and highly cost-effective method of disaster risk management, especially when cash and voucher assistance (CVA) is provided to households.
Categories: Blockchain
Status of digital agriculture in 47 sub-Saharan African countries
07/01/2022
Sub-Saharan Africa is uniquely positioned significantly increase its current agricultural productivity to lift the region’s more than 400 million people out of extreme poverty and improve the livelihood of approximately 250 million smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the region. To achieve that, substantive digital transformation of the agriculture sector is required through improved infrastructure and increased access to and use of digital technologies for agriculture.
Categories: Digital technologies in Agriculture (ICTs)
Digital agriculture in action. ArtificiaI intelligence for agriculture
22/12/2021
This publication on artificial intelligence (AI) for agriculture is the fifth in the E-agriculture in Action series, launched in 2016 and jointly produced by FAO and ITU. It aims to raise awareness about existing AI applications in agriculture and to inspire stakeholders to develop and replicate the new ones.
Categories: Pest Detection , Artificial Intelligence
Digital Agriculture Forum – Highlights Hangzhou, China 5–6 December 2020
15/12/2021
The report is a summary of the main points addressed and conclusions formulated during the annual Digital Agriculture Forum (DAF) 2020 which was co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University on 5-6 December 2020. The Forum aims to foster an enabling ecosystem to accelerate the digital transformation of agrifood systems through leveraging on innovative business models and digital solutions, and enhancing knowledge exchanges in digital agriculture policies and practices with multi-stakeholders from around the world.
Good beekeeping practices for sustainable apiculture
21/09/2021
Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability and adaptation to climate change and improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production systems. In fact, close to 75 percent of the world’s crops that produce fruits and seeds for human consumption depend, at least in part, on pollinators for sustained production, yield and quality.
Categories: Blockchain