Posts on the Topic "smallholder farmers"
SMS Gateway: Improving animal health through Information and Communication Technologies. Information factsheet
05/04/2017
For poultry farmers in Bangladesh, avian influenza can be a devastating problem. The avian influenza, called H5N1 HPAI, is highly pathogenic and spreads very fast. Once the flu is spread out, birds can die in 5 to 10 minutes from it and the farmer sees its poultry farm devastated. This information...23/ 06
2017
In Kansas, farmers use sensors to preserve water
17/02/2017
In a recent news article, it was reported the South-Western Kansas (U.S.A) is dealing with a significant amount of drought, with 65% of the state affected. Farmers are paying a high price for this situation, but some of them have now begun to take action thanks to ICTs. To tackle the drought...
Youth and Technology: The Missing Link in Agriculture
15/02/2017
Photo credits: Young Africa Works This is the title of a blog post by Brian Bosire, founder of UjuziKilimo, an agricultural technology company that brings affordable precision farming to smallholder farmers in Kenya, faces the issue of technology adoption among smallholders in Kenya. Although the...
Arifu platform Adaptive Learning System
07/02/2017
One of the main challenges for development of smallholder farmers' livelihoods is access to market information and financial services. Smallholder farmers are the most underserved group in the world by financial services, with women and youth at a particular disadvantage. Arifu is a platform that...