Posts on the Topic "rural development"
16/ 10
2017
17/ 07
2017
GIS and Remote Sensing for agricultural resource management Course
Kenya 17/07/2017
| GIS and Remote Sensing for agricultural resource management Course |
| Date |
17th – 21st July 2017 |
30/ 06
2017
e-Agriculture webinar: Remote control of water pumps with mobile phones in India
India 30/06/2017
Date:30th of June – 3.30 PM CEST – 7PM IST
Join us for our next e-Agriculture webinar: How mobile phones changed water irrigation in India
12/06/2017
Connect with this direct link to Adobe Connect: http://fao.adobeconnect.com/eagremotecontrol/ How Mobile Phones changed water irrigation in India - Remote Control of Water Pumps with Mobile Phones - the experience of Nano Ganesh When: 30 th of June – 3.30 PM CEST – 7PM IST Topic: Nano Ganesh is a...
Unmanned Mowing Robots will soon be available in Japan
18/05/2017
Agricultural work in mountainous areas such as grass cutting is done manually. Because of the many slopes it is difficult to introduce a robot. At the same time, there is a huge labour shortage in japanese agriculture as the rural population is aging and the young are not attracted by the...
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...
10 years of M-Pesa: The world's most successful money transfer service
11/05/2017
M-Pesa (M is for mobile, “pesa” is Swahili for “money”) was launched by Safaricom, Vodafone’s Kenyan associate, on March 6, 2007. The service is designed to safely send receive and store money via a simple mobile phone. The service also allows customers to make bill payments and top-up airtime. In...
WeFarm: Connecting Small farmers without internet
11/04/2017
There are about 500 million small-scale farmers on Earth, and most of them live on less than $1 a day. They’re often separated from larger population centers, or lack the means to educate themselves on specialized farming methods. Internet connections might be less common in the developing world...