Posts on the Topic "advocacy"
Call for submissions: FARA essay competition
12/12/2018
Theme: “Engagement for impact in agricultural development. Experiences of the African youth” Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) have launched an essay competition targeted at the youth to express their experiences in...
How blockchain can help smallholder farmers
30/11/2018
by Imaran Haider The agricultural business has revolutionized in recent years but still faces multiple handles. The supply chain has been faced with the non-transparent, inefficient and noncommunicating network made up of processes, data, actors, and products. Disconnection and lack of transparency...25/ 11
2018
Innovative Solutions and Technologies for Conservation
25/11/2018
Science and technology are transforming society and expanding the frontier of possibility. The field of biodiversity conservation can and should capitalize on the opportunities that emerging innovative solutions and technologies present.
This side event will feature the UN Biodiversity Lab and other innovative solutions and explore how fourth industrial revolution technologies can improve conservation efforts around the global and shift the direction of the biodiversity agenda..
Armenia to develop a national e-agriculture strategy
19/11/2018
On Monday 19 November 2018, FAO is organizing a workshop on “ The development of a national e-agriculture strategy for Armenia” within the framework of the EU-funded FAO project “ ENPARD Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia”. The workshop will provide the...
South-South cooperation on agriculture a key ingredient for Zero Hunger
02/11/2018
The full item of this news appeared on the FAO News, we reproduce just the first part for our readers and we direct them to the original source : e-Agriculture Editor. 2 November 2018, Changsha CHINA - Government representatives attending the Ministerial Forum on South-South Cooperation in...08/ 11
2018
Digital Inclusion and a Trusted Internet
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 08/11/2018
As development programmes increasingly deploy digital tools and invest in increasing access, we need to engage with issues of data security and cybersecurity in a more informed and comprehensive way.
Call for Speakers to the 11th ICT4D Conference
23/10/2018
The ICT4D Conference organising committee is pleased to announce the "Call for Speakers" to the 11th ICT4D conference which will take place on April 30th to May 3rd 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. ICT4D conference is a yearly gathering that bring together public, private and civil society organizations...
A treatise on “navigating extension advisory services through digital disruption”
23/10/2018
By Dr. Shaik N Meera (and summarized for e-Agriculture News) Extension services and extension professionals face a disrupted extension advisory services opines Dr Shaik N Meera in a recent blog. The disruption comes as technology services and farmers’ centric approaches which offer extension-like...
The role of technology in Food Sovereignty: Part 1
16/10/2018
by Olaitan Ogunnote & Raimot Adewunmi - Undergraduate Research Assistants, ECV Ontario, SEDRD, University of Guelph Introduction While we might not yet be able to live on our red monochromatic, moon-like planetary counterpart, Mars, we could make our stay on the bright bluish-green Earth with hints...