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iGrow marketplace connects farmers, landowners, investors and crop buyers to create a complete supply chain for organic food
05/07/2017
Millions of underemployed skilled farmers and millions of hectares of underused arable land exhist all over the world, especially in developing countries. At the same time, the demand for high-quality organic food increases daily. According to FAO, our food production will have to increase...
Seminar Summary: Towards Inclusive Rural Communication Services, contributing to poverty reduction and the SDGs
05/07/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently held on the 27th of June a seminar entitled, " Towards Inclusive Rural Communication Services: Contributing to Poverty Reduction and the SDGs". This seminar is timely in that FAO recently aligned its strategic objectives with...
FAO Director-General urges African agriculture ministers to tackle rural youth unemployment through investments and ICTs
04/07/2017
Youth employment should be at the center of any strategy to face economic and demographic challenges in Africa, the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization José Graziano da Silva told a joint African Union- European Union meeting, hosted at FAO headquarters in Rome on July 2nd...
Overview of the EFITA 2017- 11th Conference on Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
04/07/2017
EFITA is the European conference dedicated to the future use of ICT in the agri-food sector, bioresource and biomass sector. The 2017 conference, which is the 11th of the series is being held in Montpellier in France from the 2nd to the 6th of July 2017. According to the conference website, there...
Making Sustainable Agriculture a future for youth in Africa
03/07/2017
Making Sustainable Agriculture a Future for Youth in Africa was the joint African Union and European Union Agriculture Ministers Conference held in Rome, at the Food and Agriculture Organization premises. The AU-EU Agriculture Ministerial Conference aimed to build up political engagement ahead of...
Summary of Discussions: Week 2 of the e-Forum on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition
03/07/2017
The second week of the e-forum discussion on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition continued with participants sharing examples and case studies on open data in agriculture. The question for week 2 was: What is the potential for open data in agriculture and nutrition? Does open data...
Four new videos on agriculture and nutrition have been posted on Access Agriculture
30/06/2017
Four new videos on four different areas (mango seedlings, making soumbala from soya beans, sheep & goats, and pumpkins) have been posted on the platform www.accessagriculture.org. They are currently available in English and French for the one on soya while in English, French, and Bangla for the...
FAO launches four new agricultural service apps in Africa
30/06/2017
FAO, along with several partners, is involved in the implementation of ICT initiatives in Africa The majority of family farmers in developing countries live rural areas and in most cases don't have access to technology and digital agricultural services. Through the use of ICTs, farmers have more...
Apply for the World Summit Innovators (WSA) awards for Young Innovators by 31/08/2017
27/06/2017
Text taken from WSA The WSA Young Innovators call is elidgible for projects that: Are deveolped by young innovators under the age of 30 Offer digital solutions to any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Deliver content rich digital solutions to the user including individuals, businesses and...16/ 10
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