Posts on the Topic "decision-makers"
Digital Inclusion through mobile connectivity
06/11/2018
Can mobile money transform women's lives? The digital revolution has spread in many developing countries and mobile telephony is readily available and has penetrated areas not yet reached by other prior inventions. In Africa for example, the mobile adaption has grown in recent years and in 2017...
WFP and Alibaba enter into a partnership towards a World with Zero Hunger
05/11/2018
The partnership will support efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – a world with zero hunger. Alibaba and The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have entered into a strategic partnership to achieve a world with zero hunger – which is Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2...
South-South cooperation on agriculture a key ingredient for Zero Hunger
02/11/2018
The full item of this news appeared on the FAO News, we reproduce just the first part for our readers and we direct them to the original source : e-Agriculture Editor. 2 November 2018, Changsha CHINA - Government representatives attending the Ministerial Forum on South-South Cooperation in...08/ 11
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Digital Inclusion and a Trusted Internet
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 08/11/2018
As development programmes increasingly deploy digital tools and invest in increasing access, we need to engage with issues of data security and cybersecurity in a more informed and comprehensive way.
Drones for Precision Agriculture
26/10/2018
A presentation made at the ICT4D Conference by Abdelaziz Lawani Drones have grown to be widely accepted in agriculture. Current evidence shows that UAVs are effective in evaluating land use, land cover, assessing the impacts of disasters, securing property rights and have great potential for...
Climate change and variability underscore need for innovation in farming
24/10/2018
The original post was published by FAO Rwanda, reproduced for e-Agriculture Community for news purposes The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have taken steps to boost the capacity of extension workers and farmers to respond to...
A glimpse into the Digital Technologies for Resilience Workshop Agenda
24/10/2018
The Digital Technologies for Resilience Workshop, which FHI 360 is organizing with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, will take place in Bangkok on November 27-28, 2018. This workshop follows the first similar workshop held in 2017. The workshop was set up as a space where participants within...
Call for Speakers to the 11th ICT4D Conference
23/10/2018
The ICT4D Conference organising committee is pleased to announce the "Call for Speakers" to the 11th ICT4D conference which will take place on April 30th to May 3rd 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. ICT4D conference is a yearly gathering that bring together public, private and civil society organizations...
The role of technology in Food Sovereignty: Part 1
23/10/2018
by Olaitan Ogunnote & Raimot Adewunmi - Undergraduate Research Assistants, ECV Ontario, SEDRD, University of Guelph Introduction While we might not yet be able to live on our red monochromatic, moon-like planetary counterpart, Mars, we could make our stay on the bright bluish-green Earth with hints...