Posts on the Topic "fisheries"
14/ 07
2020
Virtual Event - Transforming Food Systems for Affordable, Healthy and Sustainable Diets for All
14/07/2020
POLICY SEMINAR
Virtual Event - Transforming Food Systems for Affordable, Healthy and Sustainable Diets for All: A High-Level Discussion on the Key Findings of the 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World ReportCo-Organized by FAO North America and IFPRI
JUL 14, 2020 - 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM EDT
Blockchain Application in Seafood Value Chains
06/05/2020
Blog published by Erik van Ingen on 06.05.2020 FAO just published a circular entitled, " Blockchain application in seafood value chains". This publication contributes to equipping value chain actors with technical and managerial capacities to develop inclusive, efficient and sustainable agricultural...
Harnessing the power of AI to transform agriculture
11/08/2019
The world is facing an imminent challenge – the world population is expected to grow from 7.7 billion to 10 billion by 2050; today (with a population of 7.7) more than 820 million people are hungry globally. Does this mean that the world needs to produce more food to feed the hungry? Evidence seems...
Farmerline, the company with the mission to transform farmers into successful entrepreneurs
05/10/2017
Farmerline is a social software company with the mission to transform millions of farmers into successful entrepreneurs. Farmerline connects farmers to markets, finance, weather forecast, new farming tips, inputs dealers and equipment services. Farmerline has an information service that sends SMS...
mFish mobile app designed to help small-scale fishermen
21/08/2017
mFish is a set of mobile applications for fishing and aquaculture that educates fishers and connects them to market prices. The app is innovative in the way that it gathers information directly from the fishermen. Many small scale fishers lack the access to vital data such weather data, fish prices...
WSIS 2017 prize winner: Latvias's Rural Support Service Electronic Application System
14/06/2017
Latvias's Rural Support Service Electronic Application System was named Action Line C7 E-agriculture winner at WSIS 2017. The prize winners of the 18 different categories are a result of an online consultation resulting of more than 1.1 million votes casted. The Rural Support Service is responsible...
Verifik8 software tracks, manages and displays social and environmental data on seafood operations
31/05/2017
The seafood industry has one of the most complicated supply chains in the world, with sometimes up to seven companies involved from catch to plate, each keeping records on paper in long distance locations. In fisheries, traceability is defined as the ability to track the source of seafood, the...
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...
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...