Posts on the Topic "mobiles"
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...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.
GSMA Launches Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity in Ghana and Uganda
08/10/2018
The GSMA today announced a new Innovative Fund for Rural Connectivity seeking to expand digital inclusion in Ghana and Uganda. The Fund will provide grants up to £300,000 and is open to eligible companies who can deploy solutions in Uganda or Ghana and is implemented in partnership with MTN Uganda...
FAO launches digital tool to fight fall armyworm in South Sudan
25/09/2018
Xinhua News reports that FAO is going to use the new digital tool to fight the fall armyworm in South Sudan. The article further reports that FAO will distribute electronic tablets to 220 villagers to help monitor, track and share the information about the location and spread of the fall armyworm...
In-house collaboration to increase access to market prices and climate risk information for small potato farmers in Rwanda through ICTs
25/07/2018
Image credit: FAO/ART Project In Rwanda, one main constraint limiting the development of the potato value chain is related to a lack of reliable information on the prices of potatoes and quantities available in the market which makes forecasting costs of processors difficult, a constraint which is...
The Inspire Challenge
20/07/2018
The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture has announced “ The Inspire Challenge” which calls upon partners, universities, and others to use CGIAR data to create innovative pilots projects that can be scaled up. The winning teams will receive $100,000 to put their ideas into practice and the...
Applications for "Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund" open
16/07/2018
The application for the mobile for humanitarian innovation fund for Round 2 opened on the 16th of July 2018 and will close on the 10th of August 2018. Eligible e-Agriculture CoP members are encouraged to apply. The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian...
Ugandan scientists to digitise agriculture chain with new apps
11/07/2018
The Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) has launched 3 mobile apps to facilitate access to information on agricultural research. The East African reports that Boniface Akuku, director for ICT at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, helped Uganda develop...09/ 07
2018
ITU Workshop on Multimedia Applications and the Future of Digital Society
Ljubljana, Slovenia 09/07/2018
The International Telecommunication Union is organizing the ITU Workshop on "Multimedia applications and the future of digital society", which will take place on 9 July 2018 at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, Dunajska cesta 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
