Posts on the Topic "animal husbandry"
07/ 06
2022
08/ 06
2022
Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable at WTDC
Kigali, Rwanda 07/06/2022 – 08/06/2022
The Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable will be an open global event spanning over three days from Tuesday 7 June to Thursday 9 June 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
The Roundtable is an integral part of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) and will be held in a hybrid format.
It will give an opportunity for member states, private sector, academia, civil society, international organizations, and other entities to announce their pledges related to the P2C Digital Coalition and advance together digital transformation for all.
22/ 10
2021
The new Global Animal Disease Information System EMPRES-i +: Strengthening One Health intelligence and early warning
22/10/2021
The new Global Animal DiseaseInformation System EMPRES-i +Strengthening One Health intelligence and early warning
22 October 2021 | 13:00-14:30 (CET)
30/ 11
2020
01/ 12
2020
Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum 2020 for Asia-Pacific
Thailand 30/11/2020 – 01/12/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are organising Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum (DASF) for Asia and the Pacific 2020 (formally called E-agriculture Solutions Forum) that will be held virtually from 30 November – 2 December 2020.
Register here to attend
Pig farmers in Papua New Guinea capitalize on blockchain technology
18/06/2019
FAO develops livestock-tracking system to help pig farmers expand their markets In Papua New Guinea, no celebration is complete without a pig roast. As one of the few mammals living on the island, pigs play an important role in the country’s culture and economy. Traditionally, smallholder farmers...
Ethiopian herders get automated weather stations
16/01/2018
Image credit : Panos/SciDev.Net Ethiopian herders have been provided the automated weather stations which are providing them with reliable climate information; armed with this information they can weigh up risks and make preventative decisions – reports SciDev.Net. The Automated weather stations...
AMAN App: Digital early warning system to control poultry diseases in Egypt
13/07/2017
AMAN (Avian-Diseases Monitoring and Awareness Network) mobile app and web platform has been developed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a communication tool for early warning, reporting, monitoring and awareness services for small poultry farmers in Egypt (a country...
Tanzania uses drones to aid in mapping and prevent clashes over land
15/05/2017
Since September 2016, Tanzania's government deploys drones for land mapping in rural areas in order to stop frequent clashes between farmers and cattle herders over land and scarce water resources. "The use of drones helps us to define the boundaries of plots of land on the ground with great...
Ari.farm agricultural app brings Somali livestock farmers into the digital economy
11/05/2017
Ari.farm is a new agricultural app based in Stockholm and designed to bring nomadic Somali livestock farmers into the digital economy. The concept on which the project evolves is called “crowd-farming,” similar to crowd-funding but adapted to agriculture, consisting in connecting farmers and...
SMS Gateway: Improving animal health through Information and Communication Technologies. Information factsheet
05/04/2017
For poultry farmers in Bangladesh, avian influenza can be a devastating problem. The avian influenza, called H5N1 HPAI, is highly pathogenic and spreads very fast. Once the flu is spread out, birds can die in 5 to 10 minutes from it and the farmer sees its poultry farm devastated. This information...