Posts on the Topic "resilience"
Applications for "Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund" open
16/07/2018
The application for the mobile for humanitarian innovation fund for Round 2 opened on the 16th of July 2018 and will close on the 10th of August 2018. Eligible e-Agriculture CoP members are encouraged to apply. The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian...20/ 08
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21/ 08
2018
Youth in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda 20/08/2018 – 21/08/2018
The conference aims to foster an exchange among stakeholders on knowledge and best practices regarding the interfaces between agriculture, youth employment, entrepreneurship, ICT innovations, leading to prioritizing interventions going forward.
OpenPD – An App to help urban farmers and others
18/06/2018
From the balcony of their apartments, to the backyards, and also small plots most urban dwellers grow crops and other plants. Urban and Peri-urban agriculture is instrumental in providing food products such as grains, root crops, vegetables, mushrooms and also small animals like rabbits, goats, fish...19/ 06
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2018
Transforming Africa's Agriculture: Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the ground
Accra, Ghana 19/06/2018 – 23/06/2018
This meeting is held within the CTA's transforming Africa's agriculture project, which aims to establish business-oriented and youth-led UAS service providers in countries where enabling UAV regulations are in place.
Launch of WeRobotics Online Training Academy
20/04/2018
WeRobotics has just announced the WeRobotics Online Training Academy to provide professional training on the use of drones by developmental agencies.The academy is co-managed with TechChange who have offered dynamic online training platform and in 2017 they trained over 7,000 people from 155...
New Publication : - GENDER AND ICTs : Mainstreaming gender in the use of ICTs for agriculture and rural development
08/03/2018
In celebrating the "International Women's Day' (IWD 2018) FAO, IFAD and WFP have organized this year’s annual event on how media and ICT can empower rural women and girls to transform their lives. During this day's celebrations, a new publication, " GENDER AND ICTs : Mainstreaming gender in the use...
FAO develops a mobile phone app to monitor Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Africa
05/03/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has developed a new mobile phone application FAMEWS (Fall Armyworm Monitoring & Early Warning System) mobile app in English and French). The FAMEWS will help farmers and extension officers to collect and record information when scouting...
e-Agriculture Learning Activity Drones Webinar: The use of drones in humanitarian action
13/10/2017
WHEN: Friday 27 October 2017, 2PM UTC - 4PM CEST (Central European Summer Time) To enter the room use the following Adobe Connect link: http://fao.adobeconnect.com/e-agdrones5/ In the framework of the e-Agriculture learning activity on drones, which runs on the e-Agriculture platform from 16 to 27...