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APPLY NOW: CGIAR’s 2019 Inspire Challenge
22/05/2019
APPLY NOW: CGIAR’s 2019 Inspire Challenge awarding up to 750,000 USD for innovative big data solutions that transform lives of smallholder farmers The 2019 launch of CGIAR’s Inspire Challenge is great news for innovators looking to transform the agriculture sector, with smallholder farmers in the...
Digital Agriculture Transformation Seminar
21/05/2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has organized the Digital Agriculture Transformation Seminar which will be held on the 12th and 13th of June, 2019. The theme of the seminar is 'The challenges to be addressed'. The two day seminar will focus on the transformational digital technologies...
e-Agriculture Community of Practice reaches 15,000
02/05/2019
The e-Agriculture community is now above 15,000 users. e-Agriculture is a global community of practice, where people from all over the world exchange information, ideas, and resources related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable agriculture and rural...
Application for Pitch Agrihack 2019 are open
26/04/2019
Pitch AgriHack, the annual competition that awards young entrepreneurs in ICTs for agriculture (ICT4Ag) is open for applications. Now in its fourth year, Pitch AgriHack is an initiative by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) that supports ICT4Ag entrepreneurs through...
Girls in ICT Day (25 April 2019): Expand horizons, change attitudes
25/04/2019
Today is the 25 April 2019 and more than 170 countries worldwide get set to promote tech studies to girls and women on ‘ Girls in ICT Day’. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the global technology community and an expected 170+ countries will celebrate 'Girls in ICT Day', an...
ICTforAg 2019: Advancing resilience, nutrition and water access in a digital world
25/04/2019
You could join global leaders for a 1-day conference exploring the future of agriculture, food security, resilient populations and technology, on June 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. Those who wishes to submit session and speakers ideas by May 1st This conference will explore how data, new technologies...
Technology Brings Revolutionary Change in African Agriculture
18/04/2019
by Tom Price, Independent Writer for ICT4D Conference Humans have been farming the African landscape for thousands of years, and not a great deal has changed over the many centuries. The slow rhythms of the agricultural seasons are what really drive this continent with more than 60 percent of the...
Smallholders benefitting from digitized agriculture
17/04/2019
SciDevNet opines that the use of ICT tools is helping smallholders access farm inputs and increase yields. The article reviews a project in Uganda that is using ICTs to empower smallholder farmers. The situation: A major problem that has been confronting the two Ugandan smallholders – who epitomise...
Call for Applications for the first edition of its Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture
11/04/2019
The International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), has launched the Call for Applications for the first edition of its Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture, Awla Fellowship. The Call is open to Arab women researchers from the MENA region, with a strong and demonstrable interest in national...24/ 06
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The 3rd African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) Conference
Cape Town, South Africa 24/06/2019 – 28/06/2019
The 3rd African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) Conference and AgriPitch Competition will be held in Cape town, South Africa from 24th – 28th June 2019 under the theme:
“Climate Smart Agriculture: Business and Employment Opportunities for Africa’s Youth”.