Posts on the Topic "smallholder farmers"
Initial exchanges in the e-conversation on "Digitalization and agroecology: a challenging marriage?" - Join us!
19/07/2023
The e-agriculture team kindly agreed to let us re-post 2- or 3-day threads from the e-conversation that we are conducting on "Digitalization and agroecology: a challenging marriage?". This e-conversation is hosted by the Digital Agri Hub in partnership with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research...09/ 03
2022
Impact of digital technologies and innovation on smallholder farming: stories from the field
09/03/2022
What is the potential impact of digital technologies and innovation on smallholder #farmers?
Hear these stories from the field!
Webinar : Data Governance In Agriculture: Including Farmers
11/10/2021
“Putting farmers at the center of a sustainable and equitable digital transformation of agriculture” is the core objective of the GFAR Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Transformation of Agriculture. The initial partners in the Action, facilitated by GFAR, are: the Forum of the Americas for...
Four Key Findings: Smallholder Farmer Use of Mobile Phones for Agriculture
22/09/2020
ICTWorks published a guest article that summarizes the research findings on Smallholder Farmers Use of Mobile Phones for Agriculture. The research was done in Kenya and examined the use of ‘m-services’ by farmers. The study-examined factors affecting the likelihood of Kenyan farmers’ adoption of m...
Read the Digital Technologies in Agriculture and Rural Areas Report
25/06/2019
A new publication by FAO that maps the adoption and use of digital innovations and technologies in agriculture has been published. The full report can be downloaded in the following links The full status report in English, link http://www.fao.org/3/ca4985en/ca4985en.pdf, The briefing paper in six UN...
Pig farmers in Papua New Guinea capitalize on blockchain technology
18/06/2019
FAO develops livestock-tracking system to help pig farmers expand their markets In Papua New Guinea, no celebration is complete without a pig roast. As one of the few mammals living on the island, pigs play an important role in the country’s culture and economy. Traditionally, smallholder farmers...
Digital Farmer Profiles: Reimagining Smallholder Agriculture
19/02/2019
The Digital Development for Feed the Future a project within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with their partners published a paper on Digital Farmer Profiles paper. The paper seeks to explain how technologies can be used to include smallholder farmers into the broader...
How blockchain can help smallholder farmers
30/11/2018
by Imaran Haider The agricultural business has revolutionized in recent years but still faces multiple handles. The supply chain has been faced with the non-transparent, inefficient and noncommunicating network made up of processes, data, actors, and products. Disconnection and lack of transparency...
"Making agriculture attractive for the African Youth" - An interview with the YPARD Director
09/11/2018
e-Agriculture caught up with the new YPARD Director Mr. Yemi Adeyeye and interviewed him on a number of issues affecting the youth in agriculture and especially in Africa. e-Agriculture: Congratulations for the appointment to Director YPARD,could you briefly introduce yourself? Yemi: First, many...