Posts on the Topic "Technologies"
The Digitalisation of the African Agriculture Report Executive Summary Released
20/08/2019
In June, CTA published The Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report, 2018-2019 which explained the agricultural transformation in Africa. The executive summary of this report has been published. The summary provides a glance of the Digital Agriculture in Africa statistics, includes the market...
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...
Scale Up Sourcebook
06/08/2019
Scaling up innovations and solutions in agriculture was discussed in the September 2018 conference, Innovations in Agriculture: Scaling Up to Reach Millions, organized by Purdue University, in partnership with the African Development Bank. The Scale Up Sourcebook is a collection of contributions at...
Article: AI-powered banana diseases and pest detection
05/08/2019
A recent paper has been published and examines the use of Artificial Intelligence in 'just-in-time' crop disease detection in banana. The paper reviews research towards the development of an AI-based banana disease and pest detection system using a deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) to...03/ 09
2019
06/ 09
2019
African Green Revolution Forum
Accra, Ghana 03/09/2019 – 06/09/2019
The AGRF is considered the world’s most important and impactful forum for African agriculture, pulling together stakeholders in the agricultural landscape to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African agriculture forward.
26/ 08
2019
29/ 08
2019
3rd Session of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) Steering Committee and WSIS Regional Review
Bangkok, Thailand 26/08/2019 – 29/08/2019
The 3rd session of the AP-IS Steering Committee is planned to review the latest research findings, current implementation of the Master Plan 2019-2022 by member countries, ESCAP and partner organizations and discuss emerging trends and technologies which affect the implementation and agree on follow-up actions.
How digital technologies can help Africa’s smallholder farmers
29/07/2019
By Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Emily Duncan and Evan Fraser Digitisation could change the game for agriculture in Africa. That’s a key message in a report recently released by an international institution that enhances smallholder farming in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. The Centre for...
Egypt turns to FAO for digital transformation in agriculture
23/07/2019
The following news was published by Watani International and is shared for information purposes. CAIRO, 22 July 2019. The Food and Agriculture organization of the UN has launched in Egypt a digital model of agricultural extension to enhance agricultural productivity. The move comes within the...
China, FAO jointly promotes agricultural industry development in poor rural areas
15/07/2019
Article is shared as published by XINHUANET BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday jointly launched a project to boost agricultural industry development in the country's poverty-stricken rural areas. The "Development of...15/ 07
2019
Launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
Rome, Italy 15/07/2019
The special event will launch The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 report, presenting the latest estimates for food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition at global and regional levels.
The report’s findings are an important yardstick to measure the world’s progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 Zero Hungry by 2030. The event is co-organized by FAO, IFAD, WFP, WHO and UNICEF.