"Making agriculture attractive for the African Youth" - An interview with the YPARD Director
09/11/2018
e-Agriculture caught up with the new YPARD Director Mr. Yemi Adeyeye and interviewed him on a number of issues affecting the youth in agriculture and especially in Africa. e-Agriculture: Congratulations for the appointment to Director YPARD,could you briefly introduce yourself? Yemi: First, many...
The report on the online discussion: Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa
08/11/2018
The online e-consultation on Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa was held on the 16th of July to the 10th of August 2018 on the FAO FSN Forum. The e-consultation took four weeks and saw participants from 33 countries who shared 90 contributions...
ICT Update focuses on Blockchain applications for Agriculture
03/09/2018
Blockchain or distributed ledger technologies are relatively new technologies and have been adopted in a number of sectors. The recent ICT update explains what blockchains are and their applications in agriculture. The most appealing aspect of this technology is its focus on trust, transparency of...
Youth in Agriculture as Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa
24/08/2018
The 20th and 21st of August was a hive of activity at the Kigali Conference Centre, where the youth from more than 40 countries, their ministers, government officials and international developmental partners led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations participated in the youth...
Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa Conferences starts
20/08/2018
Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa conference started on a high note in Kigali, Uganda with key participation from the government of Rwanda, African Union (AU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The conference brings a number of...
How robotics and Artificial Intelligence will shape access to finance for Smallholder farmers in East Africa?
11/07/2018
An audio-visual podcast by MicroSave provides an insight into how Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and drone technology have a potential to improve access to finance for smallholder farmers in East Africa. MicroSave is an international financial inclusion consulting firm operating...
eLearning Africa: Could ICTs be the Key to Ending Hunger in Africa?
03/07/2018
Education and technology can play an important role in ending hunger and malnutrition in Africa once and for all. That is the view of leading experts in communications technology and food security, who will be attending a special session on malnutrition at this year’s eLearning Africa conference...
Big Data Key to Unlocking Innovation in Agriculture for Future Food Security
20/06/2018
Keynote address at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture by André Laperrière , Executive Director, of the Global Open Data Initiative for Agriculture and Nutrition , GODAN and Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General, Copa - Cogeca 20th June 2018, Utrecht, Netherlands - The need for advancement of...
OpenPD – An App to help urban farmers and others
18/06/2018
From the balcony of their apartments, to the backyards, and also small plots most urban dwellers grow crops and other plants. Urban and Peri-urban agriculture is instrumental in providing food products such as grains, root crops, vegetables, mushrooms and also small animals like rabbits, goats, fish...