News and events

The e-Agriculture is a platform of choice for many as they receive news related to ICTs for agriculture. Furthermore, daily around the world a number of events related to ICTs for agriculture are taking place. These may be trainings, meetings, workshops related to the use and upscale of technologies in agriculture. 

You can browse these news below by date of publication and also you can search the news by title below. It is also possible to browse by themes.

Do you have any ICT for agriculture related news to share? Why not send us an e-mail.

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
03/04/2018
The e-Agriculture Community of Practice now has 46,000 members, and invites you to follow us at @FAOeagriculture . By following us you have a chance to receive updates from us and our community of partners in real time, and also you are able to participate in various twitter chats from us and the...
02/04/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) sponsored the WSIS Forum Session entitled, ‘ Building a Framework for Digital Innovation in Agriculture’ under the WSIS Action Line C7-ICT Applications (e-Agriculture). The session advocated for the...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
02/04/2018
This year’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum was held on the 19-23rd of March 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland under the theme “ Leveraging ICTs to Build Information and Knowledge Societies for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. While each WSIS Forum is different...
02/04/2018
The WomenConnect Challenge is open for applications, which can be submitted until the 4th of May 2018. We invite all eligible e-Agriculture CoP members to apply. Those seeking to apply should take notice of the following timelines March 28th, 2018 at 12:00 pm ET: RFA Question Submissions due April 2...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
30/03/2018
The ICT4D conference agenda has been published and with a number of presentation and talks in ICTs for Agriculture and the environment, browse the full programme here. The conference has more than 200 panels, keynotes, case studies, and workshops in core ICT4D disciplines. The agenda is rich with a...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
29/03/2018
GFAR/CTA/GODAN invites interested persons to a webinar "Data Driven Services for Farmer led Business" to be held on Thursday the 5th of April, 2018 This webinar is part of the work on farmers’ rights to data and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
27/03/2018
The Feed the Future initiative and the Challenge Prize Centre and partners, launched the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize, to stimulate usage of digital tools and approaches to provide solutions to help combat the fall armyworm The Fall Armyworm has ravaged the crops in sub-Saharan Africa and mostly...

27/ 03

2018

27/03/2018

It is widely believed that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will change the world, but how much are those innovations already contributing to improving the world? This webinar (part of an ongoing series around ICT4D) will explore how AI and machine learning tools can be applied and why they will play a key role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
26/03/2018
Today the 29th of March to the 30th of March begins the UNESCO/ITU annual flagship ICT in education event surnamed ‘Mobile Learning Week’. The 2018 edition is held under the theme, “ Skills for a connected world” and will examine the skills needed in and for a connected economy and would also focus...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
23/03/2018
WSIS Prizes 2018 winners have been published by WSIS. These winners represent the respective 18 WSIS Action lines, as outlined in the Geneva Plan of Action. The specific category winners can be read here The E-Agriculture Category In the E-Agriculture projects are covered by the Action Line C7: E...