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e-Agriculture Newsletter September, 2017

26/08/2017

FOCUS ON GOOD PRACTICES ON THE USE OF ICTS IN AGRICULTURE From April to June 2017, the e-Agriculture Community of Practice (CoP), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA), collected good...

e-Agriculture Update: Invitation to the upcoming e-Agriculture webinar on "Farmer-centered design"

19/07/2017

Dear e-Agriculture Member, The e-Agriculture Team cordially invites you to participate in our next webinar on "Farmer-centered design - recommendations for e-agriculture practitioners" Details of the Webinar Title Farmer-centered design - recommendations for e-agriculture practitioners When: Friday...

e-Agriculture Update: AgPack Forum

13/07/2017

Dear e-Agriculture CoP member, We are inviting interested individuals to participate in this forum discussion on ' Agriculture Open Data Package' currently running on the e-Agriculture Platform. The initial target audience are policy-makers, researchers, open data experts, and/or agricultural...

e-Agriculture Newsletter. July, 2017

06/07/2017

FOCUS ON WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY FORUM (WSIS) 2017 IN REVIEW The curtain of this year's World Summit on Information Society Forum (WSIS Forum) came down on the 16th of June 2017. The WSIS Forum, was co-organized by International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Development...

e-Agriculture Update: Forum discussions

03/07/2017

Dear e-Agriculture CoP member, This update provides you with the on-going discussions happening on the e-Agriculture platform and you are invited to join any of these discussions. Ongoing: e-Forum discussion on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition What is your opinion about ICTs and Open...

e-Agriculture Update 22 June 2017

22/06/2017

Dear e-Agriculture CoP member, e-Agriculture Webinar : How mobile phones changed water irrigation in India Join us as we discuss the remote control of water pumps with mobile phones in India with Santosh Ostwal - the man behind the award winning innovation Nano Ganesh. Nano Ganesh is a mobile-based...

Invitation to join the "e-Forum on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition"

16/06/2017

Dear e-Agriculture Member, In just a few days, the debate “ e-Forum on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition”, will be open for participation. The forum will start on the 19th of June to the 14th of July 2017. This online debate will explore the cross roads between ICTs and issues around...

e-Agriculture Newsletter June, 2017

07/06/2017

FOCUS ON e-FORUM ON ICTs AND OPEN DATA IN AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION and e-FORUM DISCUSSION ON THE AGRICULTURE OPEN DATA PACKAGE In the month of June and July, the e-Agriculture platform will host two forum discussions, the first is the ‘ e-forum on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition’ and...

e-Agriculture Newsletter May, 2017

23/05/2017

FOCUS ON SOMALIA'S WATER SOURCES LIVEMAP Somalia has a predominantly arid and semi-arid climate, and water demands for domestic use, livestock and irrigated agriculture are met from both surface and ground water sources. The FAO Somalia Water and Land Information Management System ( SWALIM) uses...

e-Agriculture Newsletter - Webinar on experience capitalization and good or promising practices on the use of ICTS for Agriculture

03/05/2017

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the e-Agriculture Community of Practice (COP) launched a forum discussion which started on April 26th on " experience capitalization and good or promising...