Posts on the Topic "researchers"
Seminar on FAO’s Farmer Field Schools programme and Global Platform
13/02/2018
The FAO Technical Network on Sustainable Crop Production and Agroecology will hold a Seminar on FAO’s Farmer Field Schools programme and Global Platform on Wednesday in FAO HQ with remote participation online at http://www.fao.org/webcast/en/ . All interested e-Agriculture CoP members can...
FAO Podcast: How UAVs offer new perspectives on agriculture
12/02/2018
FAO podcast published two podcasts that focus on what drones have to offer for agriculture. This part of Episode 7 of TARGET: Zero hunger. The Philippines Drone Pilot program In this first podcast, details the experience of FAO in using drones to gather detailed land and crop images for disaster...
Focus on #HackAgainstHunger
07/02/2018
©FAO #HackAgainstHunger is organized by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with a goal to identify and support innovative solutions to address challenges around food and agriculture. The #HackAgainstHunger is a tripartite event...
Webinar series on Farmers’ access to data
07/02/2018
GFAR recently announced a series of webinars on farmers' rights to data and this is a follow-up to the face-to-face course on Farmers Access to Data that was held in Centurion (Pretoria), South Africa in November 2017. According to the GFAR website,the webinars will be co-convened together with...
FAO Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Africa nominated for WSIS Prize 2018
06/02/2018
The FAO Agricultural Services and Digital Inclusion in Africa has been nominated to the WSIS Prizes 2018. We are inviting your vote for the project to win. The selection of the projects will be done on the 19th to the 23rd of February and then announced during the WSIS Forum 2018. To vote one needs...
African Union embraces drones technology for agriculture
05/02/2018
African Union publishes a Decision EX . CL/Dec. 986-1007 (XXXII), the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), requests the AU and Member States to harness drones for agriculture as one of three emerging technologies of relevance for African development. The recently held African Union saw its...
Invitation to young leaders within ICT4Ag
30/01/2018
European Commission is inviting young people to participate and play an active role in this year’s EDD 2018 Young Leaders Programme. The programme is looking for 15 extraordinary young people aged 21-26 who can represent the powerful impact that youth are having in the development field. Are you a...
e-service to support agriculture in the Republic of Latvia
29/01/2018
Does your agricultural ministry still use paper for filing documents and submissions? How can technology help? The e-service support to farmers in Latvia is a good example of how technology can help in these situations. The Electronic Application System (EAS) of the Rural Support Service of the...
Can ICTs be used to fight pests’ outbreaks (for example Fall Armyworm?)
25/01/2018
Agriculture has always been affected by plant pests and diseases, outbreaks can cause huge losses to crops and pastures and threatening the livelihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers. The following are some of the known pests that have caused in agriculture include, locusts, armyworm, fruit flies...