Posts on the Topic "commercial farmers"
Webinar : Data Governance In Agriculture: Including Farmers
11/10/2021
“Putting farmers at the center of a sustainable and equitable digital transformation of agriculture” is the core objective of the GFAR Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Transformation of Agriculture. The initial partners in the Action, facilitated by GFAR, are: the Forum of the Americas for...
Four Key Findings: Smallholder Farmer Use of Mobile Phones for Agriculture
22/09/2020
ICTWorks published a guest article that summarizes the research findings on Smallholder Farmers Use of Mobile Phones for Agriculture. The research was done in Kenya and examined the use of ‘m-services’ by farmers. The study-examined factors affecting the likelihood of Kenyan farmers’ adoption of m...
loT in Agriculture Solutions from AgTech Startups
04/10/2018
The growing world population means that food production will have to increase to meet the growing demand. ICTs are touted as one of the boosters and possible contributors to increased agricultural productivity. In a recent blog, it has been argued that the Internet of Things is one of such...
Can Bitcoin technology help farmers get a better deal?
23/07/2018
BBC news reports that digital technology from apps to blockchain technology are opening new ways for farmers and smallholders to new ways of doing business. The featured article focuses on one farmer, Take Muhammed Adams who is a cocoa farmer attested that technology run by commodities giant Olam...
Moving Europe towards full precision agriculture
06/07/2018
Reflections on the ICT-AGRI 2: ICTs and robotics for sustainable agriculture The use of new technologies in Europe has grown in the last decade, and this also true within agriculture. In fact, there is renewed expectation towards digitizing agriculture and food value chains. Can robotics adoption in...
How farmers can use smartphones to make crop loss assessment
27/06/2018
Small holder farmers are increasingly being exposed to loss of crop due to climate related risks caused by climate change. In this light, Weather Based Crop Insurance Schemes (WBCIS) were created with an intention to provide protection to the farmers against adverse weather incidence. When a...
Eyes in the Sky: How Drones and Satellites can transform African Agriculture?*
26/06/2018
African agriculture is faced by many challenges and yet technology – especially satellite and drone-assisted mapping technologies are poised to improve decision making for farmers and governments. However, since most farmers in Africa are smallholder farmers and mostly poor, what business models can...
FAO and Pennsylvania State University launch innovative app to fight fast-spreading pest
25/06/2018
News Release as published on FAO Website 25 June 2018, Rome - The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and Pennsylvania State University joined forces to develop and launch an innovative, talking app - Nuru - to help African farmers recognize Fall Armyworm, a new and fast-spreading crop...24/ 06
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14th International Conference on Precision Agriculture
Montreal, Canada 24/06/2018 – 27/06/2018
The 14th International Conference on Precision Agriculture is being held in Montreal, QC Canada and is organised by the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) which is a non-profit professional scientific organization.
