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Free Webinar : Open Data and Open Science : current trends and global initiatives
13/02/2017
Open Data and Open Science is a current hot topic and has implications for food and nutrition security, especially in Africa. JOIN us at a FREE WEBINAR dicussing OPEN DATA and OPEN SCIENCE: Current Trends and Global Initiatives Date: 14 February 2017, Tuesday Time: 13:00 Ghana | 14:00 Rome | 15:00...14/ 02
2017
Open Data and Open Science: Current Trends and Global Initiatives
14/02/2017
Open Data and Open Science: Current Trends and Global Initiatives
Tuesday 14 February 2017
13:00 Ghana | 14:00 Rome | 15:00 Johannesburg | 16:00 Nairobi
15/ 02
2017
Join us for ASIRA's online course First Webinar!
15/02/2017
A.S.I.R.A. (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture) Online Course for Low-Income Countries starts on 13 February (Monday), 2017. Throughout the course, several webinar sessions will be held based on the subjects taught in the units. These webinars are specially designed for the course participants but also open to anyone who is interested in the subject. The first webinar will be held on 15 February (Wednesday), 2017. Register by February 13th, 2017
Bangladesh bringing new sensor technology to boost agriculture production with China’s help
09/02/2017
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University together with iSoftStone (a joint venture of Chinese Huawei Technologies) will implement a new sensor technology project to boost agriculture production in Bangladesh. This technology will allow farmers to get information such as soil...
Arifu platform Adaptive Learning System
07/02/2017
One of the main challenges for development of smallholder farmers' livelihoods is access to market information and financial services. Smallholder farmers are the most underserved group in the world by financial services, with women and youth at a particular disadvantage. Arifu is a platform that...
A WhatsApp like app for the tech-savvy farmer
04/02/2017
KrishiSuchak is a WhatsApp-like app developed by Bangalore-based startup Nubesol Technologies to permit smallholders to message agricultural scientist to ask them for advice on their yields, thus eliminating spatial barriers between extension services. Farmers can send their queries either as text...
FAO pushing ahead with digital strategy to equip farmers with ICT
02/02/2017
Family farmers need information and technology tools that can help them thrive and feed a growing population, with challenges like climate change and natural resource scarcity making agriculture more knowledge-intensive, according to FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. "Information and...27/ 02
2017
Mobile World Congress
Barcelona, Spain 27/02/2017
From 27 February till 2 March 2017 - the 2017 World Mobile Congress will take place in Barcelona, Spain. Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, organised by the GSMA and held in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona.
Mobile marketplace digitises East Africa’s agriculture
31/01/2017
THOUSANDS of smallholder farmers in the region are set to benefit from a digital platform connecting them to agents, buyers and banks in East Africa. Launched by Mastercard, 2KUZE, as the platform is known, is the latest offering in the region hailed as the cradle of African technology innovation...