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Kukua: Weather Data and forecasting services for local farmers in Africa
09/11/2017
Africa’s economy is based largely agriculture and most of them being smallholder farmers. One of the challenges these family farmers face is access to weather information and forecasting services. Lack of access to relevant weather information is due to lack of access of weather source information...
International Symposium on Farmers' access to data
08/11/2017
On the 24th of November GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) has convened a syposium on farmers' rights and access to data in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event is co-funded by GODAN and CTA and organized by ITOCA. In order to learn more about the event or to register for the event, click...
‘Drones for Agriculture’ recorded talk by Giacomo Rambaldi
06/11/2017
Giacomo Rambaldi from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) presented the below recording entitled, “ Drones for Agriculture” at the the ICT-Agri ODA Forum for Sustainable ICT Convergence in Agricultural Sector; The Present and Future of ICT-Agri Convergence to...
Submit your “Call for good and promising practices for the region of Europe and Central Asia”
06/11/2017
Do you have a good and promising practices in agriculture? And you are in the Europe and Central Asia region? Then why not submit your good and promising practice before the 30th of November 2017. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the e-Agriculture Community of...19/ 03
2018
WSIS Hack Against Hunger
Switzerland 19/03/2018
During WSIS Forum 2018, a Hackathon on ICTs for SDGs focusing on End Hunger will be held. We invite all interested coders to participate in the WSIS Hack Against End Hunger, more information
WSIS Hack Against Hunger : Submissions are open!
02/11/2017
In the next WSIS FORUM 2018, there is going to be held a HACKATHON on Agriculture. The Hackathon is on ICTs for SDGs focusing on ending hunger will be held at the #WSIS Forum 2018. The first ever Hackathon at WSIS Forum was held in 2017 and it focused on e-Health. All members of e-Agriculture CoP...14/ 11
2017
WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT INDICATORS SYMPOSIUM
Tunisia 14/11/2017
The 15th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) will take place in Tunisia, from 14 to 16 November 2017. Join the debate on the state of the Information Society, measuring investment, and emerging ICT trends such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, cloud Computing and Internet of Things.
ICT-centric economic growth, innovation and job creation
01/11/2017
" ICT-centric economic growth, innovation and job creation", is the title of a book written by leading scholars and experts. The book's objective is to address the challenges and opportunities offered by ICTs in the areas of innovation, governance, education, job creation and economic growth. The...13/ 10
2017
Social Good Summit Geneva: supporting entrepreneurs to attract investment opportunities
Geneva, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 13/10/2017
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