Posts on the Topic "students"
"The use of ICTs for agriculture is a multi-stakeholder initiative..." an interview with FAO's Gerard Sylvester
19/12/2018
e-Agriculture interviews Mr. Gerard Sylvester (Knowledge and Information Management Officer) who is based at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Gerard has worked over the years in the area of e-Agriculture and recently co-organised the E-agriculture Solutions Forum 2018 with ITU and...
Winner of RFI’s Challenge App Africa announced
27/11/2018
Serge Auguste Zaonogo from Burkina Faso won the Radio France Internationale (RFI) Challenge App Africa for his invention ‘Saagga’ - an electronic mapping system that optimizes irrigation in the agricultural sector, permitting management while on-the-move. In a recent article, FAO noted that in...
Call for abstracts on Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment 2019 Edition
23/11/2018
ITU invites interested authors to submit papers to be considered for the third issue of the publication " Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment 2019". The ITU online publication “Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment”, which is released annually, puts together scholarly articles...
Hack for Harvests : How drones and smartphones are helping Ugandan farmers save their crops from pests and diseases
22/11/2018
On the sidelines of the International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farming, FAO also hosted the Digital Innovation Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop which saw young entrepreneurs who won the #HackAgainstHunger/Africa participating. Below we share one of the innovation stories...
Join the Youth as drivers of Innovation: Interactive Event
22/11/2018
You are invited to participate in the interactive session with youth during the first International Symposium on agricultural innovation for family farmers. The event, organized in collaboration with Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), is bringing together youth representatives...
The Call for Nominations is Now Open!
21/11/2018
International Innovation Award for Sustainable Food and Agriculture The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Switzerland have announced the call for nominations for the 1st International Innovation Award for the Sustainable Food and Agriculture. The call is targeted at...
The International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers roars into life
21/11/2018
The FAO headquarters in Rome was this morning abuzz with delegates and participants to the much anticipated International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers, which runs from the 21st to the 23rd of November 2018. The theme of this symposium is ‘unlocking the potential of...
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...
FAO hosts the Digital Innovation Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop
19/11/2018
In 2018, FAO launched multiple open innovation challenge to find high-potential digital solutions to address challenges faced by food and agriculture and improve livelihoods. Participants benefited from the specific know-how and skill sets of FAO and private sector experts in IT development, food...