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27/ 03
2018
The Annual Forum for the Future of Agriculture
Belgium 27/03/2018
The Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) has been contributing to the debate on agriculture and the environment in Brussels since 2008. The FFA is now firmly established as the premier event where agriculture and environment meet each year for an open dialogue
This year the forum returns to the Square, Brussels on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 for another stimulating debate on the future of European and world agriculture
28/ 02
2018
GSMA Mobile World Congress
Spain 28/02/2018
Mobile World Congress 2018
Mobile is creating a better future, and we want you to be a part of it. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about the event, and discover ways you can get involved with #MWC18 Source https://www.mobileworldcongress.com/about/
19/ 03
2018
Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World
United States of America 19/03/2018
The Land and Poverty conference will present the latest research and practice on the diversity of reforms, interventions, and innovations in the land sector around the world. The 2018 conference theme will be: Land Governance in an Interconnected World
The conference has become one of the largest international events on land governance, attracting over 1,300 participants in 2017 from governments, academics, civil society, and the private sector
WSIS Prizes 2018 finalists announced!
02/03/2018
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has announced the 90 finalists of the WSIS Prizes 2018 contests (also known as WSIS Champions). This year the competition had a record-breaking 492 nominated projects and more than 1 million votes were cast online. In a press statement, ITU noted...02/ 03
2018
Nairobi Mapathon
Kenya 02/03/2018
On 3rd March, 2018 is 7th International Open Data Day. In cities around the world, citizens will come together to discuss issues and find ways they can help by building applications and data visualizations using open data. KALRO through the CODATA ATG team have organized an “Open Mapathon
25/ 04
2018
East Africa Digital Conference & Exhibition
Kenya 25/04/2018
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization and partners are organizing the East African Digital Farmers Conference. The conference will run from the 25 -27th of April 2018, at the Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) grounds in Nairobi, Kenya.
Image credit: Karlo and partners
Check out the latest “ICT Update” on Precision Agriculture
26/02/2018
ICT Update is a regular newsletter from CTA that focuses on topical issues in ICT for agriculture. The latest issue focuses on Precision Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers. This issue is hinged on the estimates that it is projected that by 2050 the population growth will have outgrown food...
Using CATI to collect data on nutrition indicators
25/02/2018
mVAM at the World Food Programme and World Agroforestry Centre published a case study where Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) was used in Kenya to collect data on nutrition indicators. In most projects in the field, it is expensive to collect data in some cases in remote areas or...
Call for articles on blockchain opportunities for agriculture
22/02/2018
This announcement is shared for informational purpose to the e-Agriculture Community as announced by CTA in dgroups . CTA is looking for articles for the forthcoming issue of ICT Update, which will deal with blockchain in agriculture Blockchain can be defined as a digital ledger that allows storage...