Posts on the Topic "decision-makers"
CABI launches the PestSmart Diagnostics
19/10/2018
On the 17th of October 2018, CABI announced the PestSmart Diagnostics e-Learning course. The course is part of CABI PestSmart Diagnostic package, designed to help plant health practitioners and students to develop and improve their ability to recognize plant symptoms, relate them to causes and to...
Paper-to-Mobile Data Collection: A manual
18/10/2018
Collecting data in the field has always been a headache for researchers, students, aid projects, and international organizations alike. Thanks to technology, we can now collect data through using mobile technology and replace the traditional approaches. Despite the advances in technology...
The role of technology in Food Sovereignty: Part 1
16/10/2018
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...24/ 10
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AFITA/WCCA 2018 Conference
Mumbai, India 24/10/2018 – 26/10/2018
This conference is being collaboratively organized by AFITA, INFITA, and INSAIT with the aim to coalesce the 'Research Frontiers in Precision Agriculture' for sharing the recent advances in Remote Sensing & GIS, ICTs, IoAgT, sensor networks, image processing, robotics, machine learning, big data analytics, etc. in agricultural applications. The research contributions through presentations, posters, workshops/special sessions, etc.
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WORLD AGRI-TECH: Innovation Summit
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16/10/2018 – 17/10/2018
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit is an international networking and deal-making event for global agribusinesses, solution providers, entrepreneurs and investors. The goal of the summit is to accelerate the commercialization of advanced agricultural technologies by generating global partnerships and collaborations..
loT in Agriculture Solutions from AgTech Startups
04/10/2018
The growing world population means that food production will have to increase to meet the growing demand. ICTs are touted as one of the boosters and possible contributors to increased agricultural productivity. In a recent blog, it has been argued that the Internet of Things is one of such...
ICSD 2019 : 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 4 - 5 September 2019 Rome, Italy
02/10/2018
European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with Canadian Institute of Technolog y will organize the 7th ICSD 2019 International Conference on Sustainable Development, with particular focus on Environmental, Economic and Socio-Cultural Sustainability. The Conference theme : Creating...
Unpacking Data-Driven Agriculture
02/10/2018
As CGIAR holds the Big Data in Agriculture Convention in Kenya this week, the question of data, big data and open data in agriculture is yet again rejuvenated. The link between farming and data has never been stronger than now. There are many efforts driving the data agenda in agriculture, which...
FAO’s Committee on Agriculture (COAG) exhibition focuses on Innovation
01/10/2018
The Committee on Agriculture (COAG) is one of FAO’s Governing Bodies established in 1971 and it meets every two years. Its role is providing overall policy and regulatory guidance on issues relating to agriculture, livestock, food safety, nutrition, rural development and natural resource management...