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AQUASTAT: FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
19/05/2017
AQUASTAT is FAO's global information system on water and agriculture. It collects, analyses and disseminates data and information by country and by region. Its aim is to provide users interested in global, regional and national analyses with comprehensive information related to water resources and...
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
19/05/2017
In a recent article on Harvard Business Review, Ndubuisi Ekekwe explores how digital technology is poised at providing a solution to increase farm productivity in Africa. In this article he reviews the food challenges affecting Africa such as weather changes, rural-urban migration that deprives...
Webinars! Finding AGORA resources by keyword - Literature Research with Summon
18/05/2017
This announcement is published as it was shared on AIMS We are pleased to announce three upcoming webinars in English, French and Spanish about how to search AGORA with Summon. Summon facilitates literature research on the AGORA portal enabling the user to search resources by keyword, filter search...
ICT and SDGs: How Information and Communications Technology Can Accelerate Action on the Sustainable Development Goals
18/05/2017
Ericsson and The Earth Institute, Columbria University have published this report entitled, " ICT and SDGs: How Information and Communications Technology Can Accelerate Action on the Sustainable Development Goals". The authors of this report acknowledge that the achievement of the Sustainable...
FAO Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR) beta version portal is now online
18/05/2017
The first beta release of the FAO Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR) portal is available as of 14 April 2017. The FAO portal monitors and reports on agriculture water productivity over Africa and the Near East. The portal provides open access to the water...
Unmanned Mowing Robots will soon be available in Japan
18/05/2017
Agricultural work in mountainous areas such as grass cutting is done manually. Because of the many slopes it is difficult to introduce a robot. At the same time, there is a huge labour shortage in japanese agriculture as the rural population is aging and the young are not attracted by the...
Global Forest Watch - Monitoring forests in near real time
17/05/2017
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an interactive online forest monitoring and alert system designed for users to access the information they need to better manage and conserve forest landscapes. The mission of the Global Forest Watch is to provide the most precise information about the status of forest...
17 May 2017, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD 2017)
17/05/2017
Today 17th of May 2017 marks the World Information Society Day, a day that was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly resolution, following the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. The main objective of the day is to raise awareness of societal changes brought about by the...
17 May 2017, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
17/05/2017
The text below is from the United Nations website The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies...