Posts on the Topic "knowledge management"
Youth, Agripreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals Workshop
27/04/2017
By the year 2050, the world population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion: demand for food will grow dramatically. Following a present trend, 2/3 of this population will be concetrated in big cities. In sub-saharan Africa, the number of 15-24 year olds will dramatically increase. The challenge at...
Good and promising practices on the use of ICTs for Agriculture
17/04/2017
The e-Agriculture Community of Practice and its partners are constantly looking for good and promising practices on the use of ICTs for Agriculture to share lessons learned and recommendations from ICT for Agriculture innitiatives all around the world with the members of the Community of Practice...
m-Omulimisa, the mobile extension officer
12/04/2017
In Uganda, the spread of agronomical information is quite challenging, and the number of extension officers cannot meet the growing demand from farmers who often need immediate assistance. Thanks to innovations in information technology, mobile and web-based platforms are proving to be a huge help...
WeFarm: Connecting Small farmers without internet
11/04/2017
There are about 500 million small-scale farmers on Earth, and most of them live on less than $1 a day. They’re often separated from larger population centers, or lack the means to educate themselves on specialized farming methods. Internet connections might be less common in the developing world...