Posts on the Topic "radio"
Podcasting to improve food security and nutrition
04/06/2018
A case study in Guruve and Mt Darwin, Zimbabwe under the Ensuring Nutrition, Transforming and Empowering Rural Farmers and Promoting Resilience in Zimbabwe (ENTERPRIZE) program by Innocent Kafembe Guruve Zimbabwe, 2018 -The Zimbabwe Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LFSP) is improving the...29/ 05
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The East African Digital Farmers Conference and Exhibition 2018 (EADFC)
Nairobi, Kenya 29/05/2018 – 31/05/2018
The regional conference seeks to help farmers and other value chain actors to harness the benefits of technology and data, and drive the adoption of these digital tools by farmers. It bring together end users, service providers, disseminators, regulators, policy formulators, and technology developers of ICT solutions in the agricultural sector for the region.
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Invitation to the e-Agriculture Webinar on Talking Books for Audio-Based Agriculture Extension
21/05/2018
The e-Agriculture Team in conjuction with AMPLIO would like to invite interested persons to the e-Agriculture webinar on Talking Books for Audio-Based Agriculture Extension. Details of the webinar The webinar is scheduled on the Date: 5th of June 2018 Time: 16:00 hrs (Rome Time) Registration: Click...
Further, faster, together: The vital role of ICTs in mitigating and adapting to climate change
17/11/2017
What has ICTs to do with climate change? Malcolm Johnson the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Deputy Secretary General, answers this question in the published news items coinciding with the COP23 that was discussing The Paris Agreement. He positions ICTs as a solution to the current...
Analyzing Radio content : Uganda Radio Application
06/06/2017
The United Nations Global Pulse is an initiative that focus on Big Data. The Pulse Lab Kampala, in Uganda has developed a prototype application that makes it possible to analyse in real time public discussions on the radio. This tool is unique in that it applies speech technology in three Ugandan...
The Talking Book: a programmable audio computer that shares locally-relevant knowledge
15/05/2017
Literacy Bridge was founded in 2007 to improve livelihoods through comprehensive programs that provide access to locally relevant knowledge. Its ‘Talking Book’ is a simple and low-cost audio-based mobile device that allows people with minimal literacy skills in rural areas, without electricity or...
Radio Monsoon aims to ensure safety reigns among fishermen in south India
03/05/2017
In India’s southern state of Kerala, because of overfishing and climate change, fish stocks are rapidly decreasing. In order to catch more fish, fishermen are forced to go out into the open sea with their small boats, risking life especially during the monsoon season. Radio Monsoon radio station...
Building an ecosystem around data: using interactive radio for accountability to farmers in Tanzania
07/03/2017
The Listening Post is a project by Farm Radio, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the aim to put the farmer as a leading actor in the agricultural development. The vision is to have a two way communication between policy-makers, NGOs, extension officers, agricultural researchers and...