Posts on the Topic "decision-makers"
FAO develops a mobile phone app to monitor Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Africa
05/03/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has developed a new mobile phone application FAMEWS (Fall Armyworm Monitoring & Early Warning System) mobile app in English and French). The FAMEWS will help farmers and extension officers to collect and record information when scouting...27/ 03
2018
The Annual Forum for the Future of Agriculture
Belgium 27/03/2018
The Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) has been contributing to the debate on agriculture and the environment in Brussels since 2008. The FFA is now firmly established as the premier event where agriculture and environment meet each year for an open dialogue
This year the forum returns to the Square, Brussels on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 for another stimulating debate on the future of European and world agriculture
28/ 02
2018
GSMA Mobile World Congress
Spain 28/02/2018
Mobile World Congress 2018
Mobile is creating a better future, and we want you to be a part of it. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about the event, and discover ways you can get involved with #MWC18 Source https://www.mobileworldcongress.com/about/
19/ 03
2018
Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World
United States of America 19/03/2018
The Land and Poverty conference will present the latest research and practice on the diversity of reforms, interventions, and innovations in the land sector around the world. The 2018 conference theme will be: Land Governance in an Interconnected World
The conference has become one of the largest international events on land governance, attracting over 1,300 participants in 2017 from governments, academics, civil society, and the private sector
WSIS Prizes 2018 finalists announced!
02/03/2018
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has announced the 90 finalists of the WSIS Prizes 2018 contests (also known as WSIS Champions). This year the competition had a record-breaking 492 nominated projects and more than 1 million votes were cast online. In a press statement, ITU noted...25/ 04
2018
East Africa Digital Conference & Exhibition
Kenya 25/04/2018
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization and partners are organizing the East African Digital Farmers Conference. The conference will run from the 25 -27th of April 2018, at the Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) grounds in Nairobi, Kenya.
Image credit: Karlo and partners
Check out the latest “ICT Update” on Precision Agriculture
26/02/2018
ICT Update is a regular newsletter from CTA that focuses on topical issues in ICT for agriculture. The latest issue focuses on Precision Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers. This issue is hinged on the estimates that it is projected that by 2050 the population growth will have outgrown food...
Invitation to e-Agriculture Twitter chat on "The use of blockchain for Agriculture"
22/02/2018
The e-Agriculture Team is inviting interested person to a Twitter chat on "The use of blockchain for Agriculture" which will be held on Twitter The following are the details:- Date : Tuesday 27 February 2018 Time : 11:00 to 18:00 (CEST) ( Time convertor) Hashtag: #AgBlockchain Blockchain technology...
How farmers are making the most of digital technologies in East Africa?
20/02/2018
CTA has published four success stories from East Africa that shows how ICTs are enabling farmers to access information which allows them to improve their farming practices. The stories detail how women’s lives are transformed, how ICTs have tapped into the unbanked, and how they are facilitating...