Posts on the Topic "students"
HSRC Annual innovation and development lecture: Interrogating agricultural innovation systems from a small farmer perspective
28/02/2017
Join the HSRC Annual innovation and development lecture: Interrogating agricultural innovation systems from a small farmer perspective. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) over 1.3 billion people, or about 40% of the global work force is employed by agriculture. About...
Why IoT, big data & smart farming are the future of agriculture
24/02/2017
A recent article by Business Insider points out that Internet of Things (IoT) is on the rise in agriculture. The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050, according to the UN. The world will consequantly need to produce 70% more food in 2050 than it did in...
Youth and Technology: The Missing Link in Agriculture
15/02/2017
Photo credits: Young Africa Works This is the title of a blog post by Brian Bosire, founder of UjuziKilimo, an agricultural technology company that brings affordable precision farming to smallholder farmers in Kenya, faces the issue of technology adoption among smallholders in Kenya. Although the...