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A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
New web applications can benefit the world's poor, argue Waleed al-Shobakky and Jack Imsdahl as published in SciDev.net. The term 'Web 2.0' captures the transition of the worldwide web from flat websites offering static information to a new computing platform independent of earlier shackles. The...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
Originally published in SciDev.net. Agricultural technologies and knowledge have, until recently, largely been created and disseminated by public institutions. But over the past two decades, biotechnology for agricultural production has developed rapidly, and the world economy has become more...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
Originally published in SciDev.Net Developing countries must adopt effective policies on technology transfer that meet the needs of all social classes, including the poorest. There is a common misconception that the single most important factor in science and development is the need for adequate...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
The Brazilian Congress of Agroinformatics has been held for nearly ten years by the Brazilian Agroinformatics Association. SBIAgro 2007, organized by the Farming Informatics Division of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMPRABA) and the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering of Unicamp...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
From The Monitor (Kampala), OPINION A concern for equity - a key principle required for any developing society, means that comprehensive, relevant and timely information should be accessible to all individuals in order to realise real social, economic and political development impact. Indeed, all...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
from UNESCO, New Delhi Citizens of Kannur district (northern part of the Kerala state in India) at the click of the mouse or through a phone call will soon be able to access all kinds of local information. Anything from the sale of a cow, job vacancies or even find brides and grooms! Akshaya, (state...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced the formation of the new ?Latin American Research Federation.? The initiative was also announced by Microsoft Corporation during its Latin American Academic Summit- being held this week in Villa del Mar, Chile. The Federation will be...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
Professor Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is a man who has gifted much to the world. A world-renowned Indian agricultural scientist, he is widely known in his home country as the " Father of the Green Revolution". Swaminathan earned this soubriquet following the groundbreaking work he did as a plant...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
A recent global online survey, conducted as a follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), indicates that improving information and communication processes should be the top priority in furthering global discussions and related actions in e-Agriculture. The survey identified ways...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
22/05/2007
Hilda Munyua and colleagues recently compiled a summary report (pdf format) of the First IAALD Africa conference held in Nairobi in May 2006. The report pulls together the main discussion points and issues from each of the sessions as well as from the various pre-conference workshops. It concludes...