Posts on the Topic "fishermen"
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2019 EFITA-HAICTA-WCCA Congress "Digitizing Agriculture"
Rhodes, Greece 27/06/2019 – 29/06/2019
EFITA or European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment is biennial conference that facilitates participants from over 25 countries focusing on knowledge sharing and thinking on the future of ICT technologies within the agri-food and bio-resource sectors.
The 2019 edition focuses on Digitizing Agriculture and will have the following major themes,
Contribute to D4Ag Study – Digital Agriculture Platform Owners.
26/11/2018
This news item is reproduced for the benefit of e-Agriculture CoP members on behalf of the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) In collaboration with Dalberg Advisors, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has launched a sector-defining research on...
Have you heard about Wikifarmer?
20/11/2018
Most of us are familiar with Wikipedia, which is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. What about Wikifarmer? Similarly, it is a user created online farming library. Wikifarmer helps all farmers across the planet find...
Access Agriculture wins the Prize Digital for Development
12/10/2018
Access to Agriculture (a video platform with agricultural videos) won the ‘Digital for Development’ Prize. Access Agriculture was selected as the winner of ‘iStandOut’ category at the biannual Prize Digital for Development (D4D). Access to Agriculture seeks to promote innovations in sustainable...
Abalobi, an app to help small-scale fishermen in South Africa monitor catches
24/05/2017
Abalobi, which is Xhosa name for fishermen, is as a mobile application for the small-scale fishermen to let them produce their own knowledge on fishing and build resilient communities in the face of climate change. There are currently 30,000 artisanal fishers along South Africa's coastline making...
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ICTs in agriculture : Introduction
08/05/2017
This introductory piece is part of a broader series of blogs that will look at the application of ICTs to the SDGs. The first blog introduces the SDGs and their conceptual framework and their integration to the agricultural domain - using the FAO mainstreaming of SDGs as an example. In the...
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...
Fisher folk in Ghana to benefit from 'Tigo Fishers Network Initiative'
06/04/2017
The USAID’s Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) signed a partnership agreement with the Ghana Fisheries Commission and Tigo Ghana called "Tigo Fishers Network Initiative." which aims to provide fisher folk with tailored mobile solutions using Tigo platform. In Ghana, 10 per cent of...
ICTforAg2017 Conference - New Technology for Smallholder Farmers
28/03/2017
ICTforAg2017 conference will bring together 300 thought leaders and decision-makers in agriculture and technology from the international development community and the private sector. With community-driven sessions, participants will examine how new innovations can empower smallholder farmers, and...