Posts on the Topic "extensionists"
Focus on the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
23/09/2019
Background Today, there are more than 7 billion people on the planet, a figure that is expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. Overall food production needs to double in a relatively short period of time to meet food demand of the world's population. It is therefore an imperative for the different...
Call for Applications for the online course on Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for Agriculture Development
20/09/2019
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations together with the Pan African Farmers’ Organisation (PAFO) are pleased to call for applications for a new online course “Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for...
ICSD 2020 : 8th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 9 - 10 September 2020 Rome, Italy
11/09/2019
European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with Canadian Institute of Technology will organize the 8th ICSD 2020 International Conference on Sustainable Development, with particular focus on Environmental, Economic and Socio-Cultural Sustainability. The Conference theme :Creating a...
Scale Up Sourcebook
06/08/2019
Scaling up innovations and solutions in agriculture was discussed in the September 2018 conference, Innovations in Agriculture: Scaling Up to Reach Millions, organized by Purdue University, in partnership with the African Development Bank. The Scale Up Sourcebook is a collection of contributions at...
Article: AI-powered banana diseases and pest detection
05/08/2019
A recent paper has been published and examines the use of Artificial Intelligence in 'just-in-time' crop disease detection in banana. The paper reviews research towards the development of an AI-based banana disease and pest detection system using a deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) to...
e-Agriculture Survey 2019
01/08/2019
The e-Agriculture team is launching a user survey to obtain feedback from the Community of Practice and interested users to better understand their needs, interaction on the platform and how content can be designed to meet their needs. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete and it...03/ 09
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African Green Revolution Forum
Accra, Ghana 03/09/2019 – 06/09/2019
The AGRF is considered the world’s most important and impactful forum for African agriculture, pulling together stakeholders in the agricultural landscape to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African agriculture forward.
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3rd Session of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) Steering Committee and WSIS Regional Review
Bangkok, Thailand 26/08/2019 – 29/08/2019
The 3rd session of the AP-IS Steering Committee is planned to review the latest research findings, current implementation of the Master Plan 2019-2022 by member countries, ESCAP and partner organizations and discuss emerging trends and technologies which affect the implementation and agree on follow-up actions.
How digital technologies can help Africa’s smallholder farmers
29/07/2019
By Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Emily Duncan and Evan Fraser Digitisation could change the game for agriculture in Africa. That’s a key message in a report recently released by an international institution that enhances smallholder farming in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. The Centre for...19/ 10
2019
Big Data in Agriculture Convention 2019
Hyderabad, India 19/10/2019
CGIAR and partners are holding the Big Data in Agriculture Convention 2019, under the theme, TRUST: Humans, Machines & Ecosystems.
This year’s Convention will be hosted by The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and held at their campus in Hyderabad, India during 16-18 October.