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A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
08/09/2017
eLearning Africa 2017, which will take place in Mauritius from 27 to 29 of September, is Africa's largest and most comprehensive knowledge sharing event on ICTs for development, education and training. Attendees will be able to learn about the latest trends in technology education and training and...

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2017

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
02/08/2017
Cost-sharing initiative for the set-up of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) services for agriculture in six ACP countries Text taken from CTA website Background Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)—or drones—allow capturing and analysis of agricultural data at high spatial resolution, including status of the...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
31/07/2017
Collect Earth is a free and open source software for land monitoring developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The software is part of the set of tools called Open Foris, and was developed with Google Earth, Bing Maps and Google Earth Engine. Collect Earth is...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
17/07/2017
The assessment of the status of the world forest resources and their changes over time can only be done through the collection of field data, which is not widely collected in developing countries, and it is generally not shared. Remote sensing is improving knowledge on the extent and spatial...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
14/07/2017
The third week of the e-forum discussion on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition continued with participants sharing tips on different investments that are needed to reap open data benefits. The question for week 3 was: What investments are needed to reap open data benefits and what...