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Invitation to the e-Agriculture Webinar on Talking Books for Audio-Based Agriculture Extension
21/05/2018
The e-Agriculture Team in conjuction with AMPLIO would like to invite interested persons to the e-Agriculture webinar on Talking Books for Audio-Based Agriculture Extension. Details of the webinar The webinar is scheduled on the Date: 5th of June 2018 Time: 16:00 hrs (Rome Time) Registration: Click...
Status of E-Agriculture Implementation in Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia
21/05/2018
FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia has just published a status report on the E-Agriculture implementation within selected FAO member countries in the region. This publication coincided with the FAO Regional Conference for the region and the report is a follow-up to the Regional Capacity...
Update your e-Agriculture Profile
18/05/2018
We are glad to let you know that the newly redesigned e-Agriculture website is now online. In line with these changes we are inviting our users to log in into their profile and update their information, including adding the picture if they so desire. This personal detail will be important when we...16/ 05
2018
18/ 05
2018
FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC)
Voronezzh, Russian Federation 16/05/2018 – 18/05/2018
The 31st session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) is open to all FAO Members in the Europe and Central Asia region, to representatives of the United Nations Bodies and Specialized Agencies, and to selected Observers.The Conference includes a Ministerial Roundtable on Wednesday, 16 May, where participants will discuss sustainable agriculture and food systems in Europe and Central Asia in a changing climate. A second major topic to be covered on the Conference’s opening day is E-agriculture.
Recording of the e-Agriculture webinar on the FarmerLink in the Philippines: Digital Innovation for Agriculture
15/05/2018
On the 25th of April 2018 the e-Agriculture team organized a webinar in partnership with Grameen Foundation on the FarmerLink in the Philippines: Digital Innovation for Agriculture. The webinar presented the strategy used to develop and deploy FarmerLink, and review results of an 18-month pilot...
Reflections of the 10th ICT4D Conference, Lusaka – Zambia
14/05/2018
On the 8-10th of May, 2018 all roads led to Lusaka for the 10th ICT4D conference which saw an attendance of more than 700 ICT experts, program managers and senior executives from 80 countries. The conference was held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. ICT4D Conferences...15/ 05
2018
16/ 05
2018
Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit
Nairobi, Kenya 15/05/2018 – 16/05/2018
The purpose of the Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit is to provide an opportunity for cross-sector networking and knowledge exchange within climate smart agriculture in Africa. The following stakeholders, regional governments and policy makers, private sector and research organisations, UN agencies and civil society will meet to debate a number of issues. One of the key issues on the agenda includes ICT for agri and mAgri innovations how they can support farmers through technology, data collection, and sharing among actors.
04/ 05
2018
Practical Usage of Remote Sensing Big Data
04/05/2018
As part of a series of live lectures from the IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), IEEE.tv will broadcast a presentation by Dr. Beril Sirmacek: "Practical Usage of Remote Sensing Big Data." Register here to attend this free online lecture, receive the presenter's slides, and get an email reminder moments before the event begins.
Launch of WeRobotics Online Training Academy
20/04/2018
WeRobotics has just announced the WeRobotics Online Training Academy to provide professional training on the use of drones by developmental agencies.The academy is co-managed with TechChange who have offered dynamic online training platform and in 2017 they trained over 7,000 people from 155...