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A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
09/06/2017
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) just released its 2016 online annual report. The articles in this annual review focus on CTA’s projects aimed at smallholder farmers and concerns innovations in agribusiness, finance, ICTs, climate-smart agriculture, agro-tourism...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
30/05/2017
The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) was created by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), a leading repository of information on the impact of disasters, in 1988. The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) is a free database containing worldwide data on the occurrence and...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
29/05/2017
FAO introduced a new and updated FAOSTAT website, making the world's most comprehensive statistical database on food, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, natural resource management and nutrition even more accessible. The updated web tool - in its fourth edition - incorporates multiple technology...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
26/05/2017
SoilMapp is an app for iPad that lets users find out soil information such as how much water the soil holds, its clay content and acidity, among other attributes related to agricultural productivity and land management. The app enables users to view maps, photographs, satellite images, tables and...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
19/05/2017
AQUASTAT is FAO's global information system on water and agriculture. It collects, analyses and disseminates data and information by country and by region. Its aim is to provide users interested in global, regional and national analyses with comprehensive information related to water resources and...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
18/05/2017
This announcement is published as it was shared on AIMS We are pleased to announce three upcoming webinars in English, French and Spanish about how to search AGORA with Summon. Summon facilitates literature research on the AGORA portal enabling the user to search resources by keyword, filter search...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
18/05/2017
Ericsson and The Earth Institute, Columbria University have published this report entitled, " ICT and SDGs: How Information and Communications Technology Can Accelerate Action on the Sustainable Development Goals". The authors of this report acknowledge that the achievement of the Sustainable...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
18/05/2017
The first beta release of the FAO Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR) portal is available as of 14 April 2017. The FAO portal monitors and reports on agriculture water productivity over Africa and the Near East. The portal provides open access to the water...