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Summary of Discussions: Week 1 of the e-Forum on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition
26/06/2017
The first week of our e-forum discussion on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition generated many insightful contributions. The discussion explored the crossroads between ICTs and issues around Open Data in agriculture and nutrition. The question for week 1 was: What role can ICTs play in...
Esoko - Virtual marketplace and data collection service
23/06/2017
Esoko is a communication tool created with a view to building connection between businesses, projects, NGOs, governments and smallholder farmers. Esoko started as a price information service but the team soon realized that farmers needed much more than market information and added weather alerts...
WSIS 2017 Outcomes
22/06/2017
More than 2,500 information and communication technology (ICT) experts from around the world took part from the 12th to the 16th of June 2017 in the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2017, where they exchanged knowledge and experiences to achieve the United Nations Sustainable...
e-Agriculture webinar on the Agricultural Open Data Package
21/06/2017
When: Session 1: Monday 10 July 2017 at 10 AM CEST/ Rome Session 2: Monday 10 July 2017 at 4PM CEST/Rome Duration: 1 hour e-Agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organizaiton of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Open Data on Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN ) are organizing a webinar to...15/ 09
2017
ICTs for Agriculture - A review of CTA Annual Report
19/06/2017
The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) just published their annual report for 2016. This report focuses on the following thematic areas, (i) promoting agribusiness, (ii) ICTs for Agriculture, (iii) communication and knowledge sharing, (iv) policy engagement, (v) climate...10/ 07
2017
e-Forum on the GODAN Agricultural Open Data Package
10/07/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Global Data on Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) are inviting interested individuals to participate in this forum discussion on 'Agriculture Open Data Package' to be held on the e-Agriculture Platform.
19/ 06
2017
e-Forum on ICTs and Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
19/06/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Global Data on Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN); the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the World Bank are inviting interested individuals to participate on the upcoming forum discussion to be held on e-agriculture platform. The forum is summarised below
10/ 07
2017
e-Agriculture webinar: Presentation of the Agricultural Open Data Package
10/07/2017
When:
Session 1: Monday 10 July 2017 at 10 AM CEST/ Rome
Session 2: Monday 10 July 2017 at 4PM CEST/Rome
Duration: 1 hour