Posts on the Topic "Technologies"
AGRIinsight | Connecting People - to Place - to Opportunity
26/04/2017
AGRIinsight is a UK-based company developing innovative technologies to be used in emerging markets. AGRIinsight has developed an online platform that has a powerful geo-visualisation interface, relevant map overlays and search and communication tools that enables users to store, visualise and...
Ecosia search engine: Plant trees while you search the web
04/04/2017
Ecosia is a search engine that plants trees each time you search for something. The Bing-powered search engine earns about half a Euro cent with each search and spends 28 cents to plant a tree. So to plant one tree Ecosia only needs about 56 searches. This way, the Berlin-based search engine has...
Remote sensing: monitoring the Cash for Work Programme. Information factsheet
03/04/2017
In order to enhance its capacity to observe large swathes of territory on a regular basis, as well as viewing otherwise inaccessible areas, SWALIM developed a remote monitoring system using remotely sensed data. Remote Sensing (RS) is the ability to capture and analyse information from the earth’s...
e-Learning Africa 2017 : Learning in Context
30/03/2017
e-Learning Africa is the largest gathering (conference) of e-Learning and ICT supported education and training professionals in Africa and it enables participants to interact with multinational and cross-industry participants and partnerships. This e-Learning Africa 2017, is the 12th International...
ICTforAg2017 Conference - New Technology for Smallholder Farmers
28/03/2017
ICTforAg2017 conference will bring together 300 thought leaders and decision-makers in agriculture and technology from the international development community and the private sector. With community-driven sessions, participants will examine how new innovations can empower smallholder farmers, and...
Summary: Week 2 of the discussion on the role of ICTs in sustainable intensification of horticulture crop based systems
20/03/2017
The forum discussion on The Role of ICTs in Sustainable Crop Production Intensification (SCPI) of horticulture crop based systems ( mainly on fruits, vegetables, roots and tubers) is still on-going. Below we provide the summaries for the second week, you can read the summaries for the first week...
Plantwise Knowledge bank, an open access website and app providing information on pest management
27/02/2017
The Plantwise Knowledge bank developed by CABI is an online and offline platform and app on plant health information and services. The website provides three different tools: search tool to identify pest problems, a search tool to find factsheets on pest problems, a map of pest distribution and a...
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...
Vodacom partners with Nigeria's Kaduna State over ICT development project
23/02/2017
Vodacom is leading a three-part ICT development initiative in Kaduna State in Nigeria focused on education, health and agriculture. Kaduna State and Nigeria are only a part of wider plan of similar initiatives throughout the whole of Africa. Similar initiatives have already started in Kenya...