Posts on the Topic "farmers"
E-Agriculture in Action: Blockchain for Agriculture
01/02/2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have recently published a title called, ‘ Blockchain for Agriculture, Opportunities and Challenges’ as part of the E-Agriculture in Action series publications. This is part of the...
e-Agriculture webinar on the impact of technology on sustainable agriculture
28/01/2019
The e-Agriculture and Aerobotics invite interested individuals to participate in this webinar below:- Title: The impact of Technology on sustainable agriculture Date : 7th of February 2019 Time: 16:00 hrs (Rome Time) [ What time is this? ] Register here Abstract Annually, farmers lose 15% of yield...
e-Agriculture Case Study on E-KOKARI published
23/01/2019
You might be wondering, What is E-KOKARI? E-KOKARI is an interactive voice responsive (IVR) platform developed in Niger and it allows farmers, breeders and buyers to access information, advice, warnings and market prices in the field of agriculture and livestock. E-KOKARI allows farming communities...
Food Sovereignty of Consumers - Part 2
23/01/2019
Season's Greetings from e-Agriculture
19/12/2018
2018 has been a remarkable year for the e-Agriculture. We continued to foster the global community of practice through dialogue, information exchange and sharing of ideas related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable agriculture and rural development. We...
"The use of ICTs for agriculture is a multi-stakeholder initiative..." an interview with FAO's Gerard Sylvester
19/12/2018
e-Agriculture interviews Mr. Gerard Sylvester (Knowledge and Information Management Officer) who is based at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Gerard has worked over the years in the area of e-Agriculture and recently co-organised the E-agriculture Solutions Forum 2018 with ITU and...12/ 12
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EIP-AGRI seminar: Multi-level strategies for digitising agriculture and rural areas
Antwerp, Belgium 12/12/2018 – 13/12/2018
“Multi-level strategies for digitising agriculture and rural areas”.
Digital disruption in agriculture
30/11/2018
Perhaps the name sounds negative, but not until you dig deeper. The rate of technology change has affected many people, processes and sectors. With regards to agriculture, our colleagues published an article, ' digital disruption in agriculture’. They premise that, the pace of digital disruption...
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...