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The latest UN Innovation Quartely Update available
12/09/2018
The UNIN ‘Innovation in the UN’ Update #03/2018 has been published and it highlights the innovation activities of the UNIN members. In the lead story, UNIN reports that it was tasked to lead the development of an innovation toolkit to promote more innovation in the UN. The toolkit, which is being...
Call for Proposals: Boosting Decent Employment for Africa’s Youth
12/09/2018
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Dutch Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a call for concept notes for research to boost decent employment for young African men and women. The call supports...17/ 09
2018
Is food value chain development on the verge of a blockchain revolution?
Rome, Italy 17/09/2018
Three panellists from Wageningen Economic Research, the social enterprise Moyee Coffee and the World Food Programme will discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with blockchain approaches when compared to existing business models.
- Organized by the FAO Technical Network on Sustainable Food Value Chain Development.
- The seminar will take place on Monday, 17 September – 9:30 – 11:00
- Register now at: [email protected]
Funding sources for ICT4D Research
11/09/2018
The UNESCO Chair in ICT4D has published a page that provides a catalog of funding for ICT4D research. This page comes in handy as funding information is haphazardly littered on newsletters, funders’ websites, social media and many other diverse sources. Once can constantly check their page and also...
AgroPad: A real-time on location and chemical analysis of the soil or water using AI
11/09/2018
The IBM Research, Brazil announced the AgroPad loT prototype that is AI-powered technology that will help farmers’ health check soil and water. This technology comes at a time when farmers have to send their soil and water samples to a lab for environmental and other chemical analysis. This is often...18/ 09
2018
Webinar: Farmers'rights on data and ownership issues
18/09/2018
What do we mean by the farmers’ rights to data? Who owns data? Who is entitled to the value of the data? What is the role of privacy in the agricultural sector?
There is no doubt that data-driven agriculture has increased agricultural production and productivity; reduced the risk and improved resilience in farming, brought more economic and efficient use of natural resources; and helped farmers in decision making.
Webinar: Farmers'rights on data and ownership issues
10/09/2018
GODAN partners have scheduled a webinar on farmers'rights on data and ownership issues, on the 18th of September 2018 at 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM CEST. The webinar will address the following questions:- What do we mean by the farmers' rights to data? Who owns data? Who is entitled to the value of the data...10/ 09
2018
11/ 09
2018
Geospatial Remote Sensing Workshop
10/09/2018 – 11/09/2018
You can follow the trainings through the video playlist here
04/ 10
2018
Digital for Development (D4D)
Belgium 04/10/2018
The Royal Museum for Central Africa will organise an award ceremony and an innovation fair on Thursday 4 October 2018.
The innovation fair will be a hotspot for networking and exchanging ideas on digital advances in research and startup activities. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet a range of exhibitors in the field of ‘Digital for Development’ and to listen to a number of lectures by (inter)national thematic experts. More information here
11/ 09
2018
ICT4D Webinar :ICT4D at Scale
United States of America 11/09/2018
Tuesday, September 11,2018 7-8a.m PT|10-11 am ET| 3-4 pm GMT|4-5 pm CETScale is a big topic when discussing ICT4D, M4D, mHealth, ICT4Ag, ICT4E, etc. Reaching scale can be approached from different angles—by focusing on simple, turnkey solutions, or within a program. Either way, the aim is to apply an ICT-supported program to big populations and achieve (financial) sustainability. But how are you successfully reaching this next milestone in digitally supported programs?