Posts on the Topic "gender"
27/ 03
2019
Bridging the Gender Data Gap and Connecting Data Communities
Paris, France 27/03/2019
This webinar adds to the existing discourse on gender data by demonstrating how partnerships within data systems are necessary for closing existing gaps and generating evidence-based policy for women and girls. The three different perspectives will offer webinar participants a unique view of progress towards closing gaps, collaborations that have cultivate that success, and the roadblocks that impede further progress.
The following questions will be discussed:
27/ 06
2019
29/ 06
2019
2019 EFITA-HAICTA-WCCA Congress "Digitizing Agriculture"
Rhodes, Greece 27/06/2019 – 29/06/2019
EFITA or European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment is biennial conference that facilitates participants from over 25 countries focusing on knowledge sharing and thinking on the future of ICT technologies within the agri-food and bio-resource sectors.
The 2019 edition focuses on Digitizing Agriculture and will have the following major themes,
Join the Youth as drivers of Innovation: Interactive Event
22/11/2018
You are invited to participate in the interactive session with youth during the first International Symposium on agricultural innovation for family farmers. The event, organized in collaboration with Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), is bringing together youth representatives...
Driving Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers by Leveraging Satellite Data and Machine Learning
21/11/2018
Globally, there are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers -- and some 2.5 billion people living in smallholder farmer households -- who rely on agricultural production for their livelihood. These farmers feed 80% of the population in developing countries. By 2050 the world’s population is...
Submit your project for WSIS Prize 2019
12/11/2018
The WSIS Prize 2019 is calling for submissions from interested and qualifying projects. The deadline for the submission is the 30th of November 2018. The submissions can be made in English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French and Russian. To submit your project click here. WSIS Prizes is a unique...25/ 09
2018
27/ 09
2018
Scale-up Conference
West Lafayette, United States of America 25/09/2018 – 27/09/2018
A conference focusing on effective approaches to scaling up agricultural technologies and innovations in the developing world.
19/ 06
2018
23/ 06
2018
Transforming Africa's Agriculture: Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the ground
Accra, Ghana 19/06/2018 – 23/06/2018
This meeting is held within the CTA's transforming Africa's agriculture project, which aims to establish business-oriented and youth-led UAS service providers in countries where enabling UAV regulations are in place.
The future of Africa’s Agriculture rests with the youth
13/06/2018
Research findings by the youth at Mastercard Foundation Rome – Africa is in the height of a crisis and an opportunity. Africa’s population stands at 1,2 billion people and over 60% are below the age of 25. Yet most African youths are not employed, and according to the World Bank by 2035, 350 million...
FAO shares the "7 success factors to empowering rural women through ICTs"
08/03/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women's Day 2018. In Rome FAO, joins other Rome Based Agencies (RBAs) on a joint event hosted by IFAD under the theme, " Linked-in: empowering rural women and girls through media...