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e-consultation on digital agriculture investments and digital transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
THIS DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE ON LINE ONLY, NOT VIA EMAIL. NO EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS ARE SENT. [ French translations available: click on "expand to read more" below] The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) invite you to the "...
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Communication for Development, community media and ICTs for family farming and rural development
Join us from 22 September to 6 October 2014 and discuss with our panel of distinguished Subject Matter Experts during the 24th e-Agriculture forum, jointly organized by e-Agriculture Community of Practice in partnership with FAO and AMARC, within the framework of the International Year of Family...
e-Agriculture: looking back and moving forward
Welcome to the “WSIS+10 Forum” sponsored by the Grameen Foundation and FAO. Join us from 25 November through 6 December. Over the last several years, there has been significant progress in improving communication and decision making in rural areas through the application of new technologies. Multi...
Forum: ICT enabling rural financial services and micro-insurance for smallholders
Join this discussion from 20 to 31 May 2013. Smallholder farmers are the world’s largest group of working-age poor. Much of the world’s food supply depends on their efforts, yet a lack of financial services often stymies their attempts to make productivity-enhancing investments and to smooth their...
Forum: 2013 CTA ICT OBSERVATORY “Strengthening e-Agriculture Strategies in ACP Countries”
Preparatory discussion 25 February – 08 March 2013 These activities are organized by CTA in collaboration with the FAO, the World Bank, the East African Farmers’ Federation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (Rwanda), The Ministry of Communication (Ghana), the International Institute...
Forum: "ICT and producer organizations" November, 2012
This was the fifth in a series of online discussions that stem from the launch of the World Bank's ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook and the growing demand for knowledge on how to use ICT to improve agricultural productivity and raise smallholder incomes. 12-23 November 2012 Producer organizations...
Forum: "Using ICT to enable Agricultural Innovation Systems for smallholders" September, 2012
This was the fourth in a series of online discussions that stem from the launch of the World Bank's ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook and the growing demand for knowledge on how to use ICT to improve agricultural productivity and raise smallholder incomes. 17-28 September 2012 Information and...
Forum: "ICT for Data Collection, Monitoring and Evaluation" June, 2012
This was the third in a series of discussions following the publication of the "ICT in Agriculture" Sourcebook, responding to the growing demand for knowledge on how to use ICT to improve agricultural productivity and raise smallholder incomes. 11-22 June 2012 New ICT tools such as mobile phones...
Forum: "ICT and agriculture in the context of 'green growth'" March, 2012
This forum has been part of a collaboration between the World Bank, FAO and the e-Agriculture Community, carrying out a series of online forums to further develop resources for the ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook - 5 to 16 March 2012 This forum explored how information and communication technologies...
Forum: "Strengthening Agricultural Marketing with ICT" December, 2011
This forum has been part of a collaboration between the World Bank, FAO and the e-Agriculture Community, carrying out a series of onlin e forums to further develop resources for the ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook - 5 to 16 December 2011 This forum follows module 9, beginning with the need for and...
Forum: "Mobile Information Services" November, 2011
The Benefits of Forming Strong Partnerships to Create Sustainable and Scalable Information Advisory Services - 21 November to 2 December, 2011 The mFarmer Initiative, a partnership between GSMA, USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) was set up to support mobile operators and...