Posts on the Topic "farmers"
"Farm to table" event organized by the U.S. Embassy in Nepal explores innovative ways to improve value chains
31/08/2017
The US Embassy in Nepal organized a ‘Farm to Table’ event on August 29th to identify opportunities to maximize the market potential of Nepal’s agricultural sector. The conference brought together agro-entrepreneurs, buyers, suppliers, financial service providers, and farmers from Nepal and the...
Are South African regulations stifling the drone-based agri-service industry, a potential game-changer for agriculture?
31/08/2017
Mapping crop land is essential for farmers, as rely heavily on it for planning and management. UAS offer a great possibility for farmers as they can map large parts of land with low costs and easy transportation. Geographic Information System (GIS) maps can used both online and offline providing...
Mrittikā: a soil nutrient analysis and recommendation software
30/08/2017
mrittikā is a soil nutrient analysis and recommendation software. It works thanks the collaboration of agricultural entrepreneurs and farmers: the entrepreneurs offer soil testing services to the farmers, then analyse the results and finally recommend the best possible fertilizers to the farmers...
How Drone Technology Is Bringing Environmental Benefits To Farms
29/08/2017
(This article was inspired by the recent blog post ‘ Drones in Agriculture’, posted on 22nd August) Whist we mostly take it for granted, we depend on the farming industry for the food we eat, and therefore for our very survival. A vast proportion of the earth’s land mass is farmland, and farming...
mFish mobile app designed to help small-scale fishermen
21/08/2017
mFish is a set of mobile applications for fishing and aquaculture that educates fishers and connects them to market prices. The app is innovative in the way that it gathers information directly from the fishermen. Many small scale fishers lack the access to vital data such weather data, fish prices...16/ 08
2017
How can ICT Transform Agriculture?
16/08/2017
The WorldBank is holding a live Facebook chat on how ICT can transform agriculture.
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Internet of Things (loT) for Agriculture Webinar Series: "IoT: the Internet of Tractors"
15/08/2017
The World Bank Agriculture Global Practice is pleased to invited interested persons to the next webinar entitled, "loT: the Internet of Tractors". The webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 22 at 9 a.m EDT. About the webinar Rapid urbanization, aging farm populations, and depleting rural labor...
SatSure uses big data analytics and satellite imagery to help farmers in the agricultural insurance sector
11/08/2017
SatSure is a data analytics company which integrates satellite, weather, and IoT analytics with the agriculture sector in order to help farmer's financial security and crop insurance. India is facing severe consequences due to climate change, such as droughts and floods. In the agricultural sector...28/ 08
2017