Extending the Benefits: Gender-Equitable, ICT-Enabled Agricultural Development

10/08/2017

"Extending the Benefits: Gender-Equitable, ICT-Enabled Agricultural Development" is the title of Module 4 in the Revised ICT e-Sourcebook on ICTs in Agriculture. This module focuses on the benefits of ICTs when made available to men and women working in agriculture and rural areas. The module...

Creating scalable, engaging mobile solutions for agriculture

04/08/2017

The GSMA mAgri programme just released a report entitled, " Creating scalable, engaging mobile solutions for agriculture". This is a result of a study which lasted three years within the mNutrition Inititative portfolio. The mNutrition initiative portfolio covers six countries with the following...

FAO Global Forest Survey: Assessing the status of the world forest resources and their changes over time

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...

Summary of Discussions: Week 3 of the e-Forum on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition

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...

CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture: Transforming rural livelihoods with the power of information

14/07/2017

CGIAR launched the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, a new initiative that aims to convene researchers to use big data in order to help improve food security, resilience in the face climate change as well as encouraging rural development. Big data are immense stocks of information...