Administrator e-Agriculture

Administrator e-Agriculture

Organization FAO
Organization type International Organization
Organization role
Admin
Country Italy
Area of Expertise
Community Manager of e-Agriculture

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Forum Forum ICTs for Resilience

What is resilience and how can ICTs help resilience programmes or projects? (28 th november)

Submitted by Administrator e-Agriculture on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 16:33

Focused on what several of our participants in the forum related to what resilience means, I would like to contribute by giving an example of how ICTs help to develop resilience before the onslaught of nature. We recently had the sight of Hurricane Otto, who touched the coast of our country. Thanks to ICTs we already knew the route that the Hurricane took and knew in advance where exactly it was going to land, as it happened, giving the government the time to take the necessary preventions to evacuate whole communities, thus saving many Lives. There was also a day of the week where there were multiple disasters. On the one hand Hurricane Otto on the Atlantic coast of our country and on the other side we had the impact of an earthquake of 6.9 or 7 degrees in the Pacific. The entire TSUNAMI alert system was activated in Nicaragua and this way, even though there was no tsunami the work was carried out in terms of prevention. In all these situations ICT, community organization and responsible government such as the one we have played a key role in preventing major disasters and human losses in these situations, which as we all know are unpredictable.

How should the use of ICTs best be integrated in resilience programmes or projects? (December 5th)

Submitted by Administrator e-Agriculture on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 16:26
Agriculture has always been uncertain and today we must add another additional factor of uncertainty, climate change. It is worrying to see losses and / or low crop yields because the traditional rainfall calendar is no longer useful. The legume crops traditionally planted in September to take advantage of the last rains have suffered from strong and abundant precipitations that don't seem to stop.   In my opinion, it is necessary for the farmer to have climate prediction tools that make it easier to adapt to the crop calendar. Many farmers still make planting calculations based on the traditional rainy season.   Incorporating ICT into regional agriculture is limited mainly by the cost of systems, equipment and high obsolescence. Additionally the infrastructure for internet connectivity is poor. Overcoming these barriers creates a strong resilience to face the adversities of agriculture.
Forum Forum: "ICT and producer organizations" November, 2012

Question 1 (opens 12 Nov.)

Submitted by Administrator e-Agriculture on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 17:05

Dear all,

During the last days, Question 1 has received tremendous participation, with over 200 posts from all over the world!   At this point, I have closed Question 1 in order to focus our thoughts on the remaining issues this week. However, if you have something specific that you would like to add, you may email your comment to [email protected] and we will review and post if appropriate.   We look forward to continue this engaging forum over the other 3 questions!   Michael Riggs, facilitator
Forum Forum: "Mobile Information Services" November, 2011

Introductions and Technical Support for this forum

Submitted by Administrator e-Agriculture on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 15:01

The forum invited Subject Matter Experts to inform and enliven the conversation  

 Sharbendu Banerjee 
Director of Business Development
CABI South Asia-India
   Judy Payne
ICT Advisor 
USAID

 Hillary Miller-Wise
Country Director 
TechnoServe Tanzania
   Fiona Smith 
Director GSMA 
mAgri Programme
   Collins Nweke 
Project Manager
Tigo Tanzania
   Mr S. Srinivasan
CEO
IKSL
 

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