Posts on the Topic "Technologies"
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2018
East African Digital Farmers Conference and Exhibition 2018
Nairobi, Kenya 29/05/2018 – 31/05/2018
The regional conference seeks to help farmers and other value chain actors to harness the benefits of technology and data, and drive the adoption of these digital tools by farmers. It bring together end users, service providers, disseminators, regulators, policy formulators, and technology developers of ICT solutions in the agricultural sector for the region.
29/ 05
2018
31/ 05
2018
The East African Digital Farmers Conference and Exhibition 2018 (EADFC)
Nairobi, Kenya 29/05/2018 – 31/05/2018
The regional conference seeks to help farmers and other value chain actors to harness the benefits of technology and data, and drive the adoption of these digital tools by farmers. It bring together end users, service providers, disseminators, regulators, policy formulators, and technology developers of ICT solutions in the agricultural sector for the region.
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Digitalisation in agriculture: perception survey
22/05/2018
The Technical Centre for Agriculture (CTA) is holding a survey to better understand and support the access and use of ICTs and digitalization in agriculture, with a particular interest in women. CTA has asked e-Agriculture to share the link to the survey within the Community of Practice, to gather...
Invitation to the e-Agriculture Webinar on Talking Books for Audio-Based Agriculture Extension
21/05/2018
The e-Agriculture Team in conjuction with AMPLIO would like to invite interested persons to the e-Agriculture webinar on Talking Books for Audio-Based Agriculture Extension. Details of the webinar The webinar is scheduled on the Date: 5th of June 2018 Time: 16:00 hrs (Rome Time) Registration: Click...16/ 05
2018
18/ 05
2018
FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC)
Voronezzh, Russian Federation 16/05/2018 – 18/05/2018
The 31st session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) is open to all FAO Members in the Europe and Central Asia region, to representatives of the United Nations Bodies and Specialized Agencies, and to selected Observers.The Conference includes a Ministerial Roundtable on Wednesday, 16 May, where participants will discuss sustainable agriculture and food systems in Europe and Central Asia in a changing climate. A second major topic to be covered on the Conference’s opening day is E-agriculture.
“let farmers innovate with new technologies’ an interview with FAO’s Nevena Alexandrova
18/04/2018
Nevena Alexandrova, is the Agricultural Research and Biotechnology Officer based in the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU). Nevena has worked in support to FAO’s agricultural innovation and knowledge sharing and believes all farmers deserve a chance to use technology to improve their...
Participate in the Digital Agriculture Photo Contest
16/04/2018
Do you have photos of digital agricultural technologies in action? Your photos can help in the telling how technologies are being used to advance food security and nutrition in the world and how technologies are used to fight hunger. The ‘ Digital Agriculture Photo Contest’ is part of the Digital...
Article Review: Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Environmental Monitoring
05/04/2018
A recently published pre-print article details the usage of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for environmental monitoring. While the article was written within the specific armpit of a project, it raises interesting issues on the use of drones for data collection, ecosystems and river monitoring. The...
Apply for WomenConnect Challenge
02/04/2018
The WomenConnect Challenge is open for applications, which can be submitted until the 4th of May 2018. We invite all eligible e-Agriculture CoP members to apply. Those seeking to apply should take notice of the following timelines March 28th, 2018 at 12:00 pm ET: RFA Question Submissions due April 2...