WeFarm: Connecting Small farmers without internet
11/04/2017
There are about 500 million small-scale farmers on Earth, and most of them live on less than $1 a day. They’re often separated from larger population centers, or lack the means to educate themselves on specialized farming methods. Internet connections might be less common in the developing world...
Mdiet: The app of the Mediterranean Diet
10/04/2017
Mdiet is an application designed for smartphones and tablets providing essential knowledge on the Mediterranean diet. What is the Mediterranean diet?, which kind of food does it include exactly?, what are its recipes? Mdiet provides an answer to all these questions. The human right to access to food...
Fisher folk in Ghana to benefit from 'Tigo Fishers Network Initiative'
06/04/2017
The USAID’s Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) signed a partnership agreement with the Ghana Fisheries Commission and Tigo Ghana called "Tigo Fishers Network Initiative." which aims to provide fisher folk with tailored mobile solutions using Tigo platform. In Ghana, 10 per cent of...
FAO develops a new tech app to boost national agric targets in Rwanda
05/04/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in conjuction with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources and the Ministry of Youth and ICT has launched a new project called ' Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Rwanda". Mobile applications in this project This project is set to...
Ecosia search engine: Plant trees while you search the web
04/04/2017
Ecosia is a search engine that plants trees each time you search for something. The Bing-powered search engine earns about half a Euro cent with each search and spends 28 cents to plant a tree. So to plant one tree Ecosia only needs about 56 searches. This way, the Berlin-based search engine has...
World Food Program teams up with WeRobotics to use drones in emergencies
03/04/2017
The World Food Program (WFP) is officially partnering with WeRobotics to develop coordination mechanisms to guide the safe and effective use of aerial robotics (UAVs) in response to humanitarian disasters. Assisting 80 million people in around 80 countries each year, the World Food Programme (WFP)...e-Agriculture Newsletter.March, 2017
31/03/2017
e-AGRICULTURE PLATFORM CELEBRATES 10 YEARS Dear Reader, The month of February marked the 10th year anniversary of the e-Agriculture Platform. The platform was launched in 2007 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and 13 founding partners. Thus, the e-Agriculture platform...
ICTforAg2017 Conference - New Technology for Smallholder Farmers
28/03/2017
ICTforAg2017 conference will bring together 300 thought leaders and decision-makers in agriculture and technology from the international development community and the private sector. With community-driven sessions, participants will examine how new innovations can empower smallholder farmers, and...
Open Foris: Free open-source solutions for environmental monitoring
27/03/2017
OpenForis is a free open-source software for environmental monitoring. It consist in a set of free and open-source software tools that facilitates flexible and efficient data collection, analysis and reporting. Open Foris includes: Collect: Easy and flexible survey design and data management Collect...