Posts on the Topic "farmers"
Progressive Farmer, Smart Farming : AgTech Competition
18/10/2017
The Government of Andhra Pradesh, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dalberg Advisors and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), invites applications for a Pitch Competition to identify technology-based solutions that solve agricultural challenges faced by small and marginal...
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) celebrates 10 years
11/10/2017
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) was launched in 2007 as a dialogue platform that cuts across borders and disciplines in support of a world free of food insecurity and malnutrition. On the 10th of October 2017, at the FAO headquarters, the FSN Forum team held a luncheon to...
Farmerline, the company with the mission to transform farmers into successful entrepreneurs
05/10/2017
Farmerline is a social software company with the mission to transform millions of farmers into successful entrepreneurs. Farmerline connects farmers to markets, finance, weather forecast, new farming tips, inputs dealers and equipment services. Farmerline has an information service that sends SMS...
New app diagnoses crop diseases in the field and alerts rural farmers
04/10/2017
A team under the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) has developed a mobile app that uses artificial intelligence to accurately diagnose crop diseases in the field. The team has won a $US100,000 award to help expand their project to help millions of small-scale farmers across...
Spore Magazine issue no. 186: Big data and climate insurance: Redusing risks and maximizing revenues
25/09/2017
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has recently published the issue Number 186 of Spore magazine, which focuses on Big data and climate insurance: Redusing risks and maximizing revenues. Spore Magazine aims to give the reader a global perspective on agribusiness and...
Esoko, the M-Agri pioneer, will split up in two different companies for better management
15/09/2017
Esoko, the platform that sends market prices and agricultural tips to farmers will soon retire its brand. After having begun with professional tips sent to farmers through SMS, the Esoko team started to explore innovations on mobile finance for smallholder farmers. In November 2016, Esoko developed...
U.S. Data-Driven Farming Prize Awards $300,000 for Innovative Agricultural Solutions in Nepal
14/09/2017
Four international companies were awarded with the Global Data-Driven Farming Prize by the US government’s Feed the Future Initiative on Thursday, September 7th, 2017, for their innovative solutions in using information and communications technology to improve agricultural productivity. The...
e-Agriculture Survey on the Principles for Digital Development
13/09/2017
The-Agriculture would like to know from you what you know about the Principles for Digital Development and how they are applied when using ICTs for agriculture and rural development. Would you be interested to learn more about the principles, examples of their application and the difficulties in...