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Blockchain Application in Seafood Value Chains
Blog published by Erik van Ingen on 06.05.2020 FAO just published a circular entitled, " Blockchain application in seafood value chains ". This publication contributes to equipping value chain actors with technical and managerial capacities to develop inclusive, efficient and sustainable...
Posted by Erik van Ingen on 06.05.2020
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Driving Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers by Leveraging Satellite Data and Machine Learning
Globally, there are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers -- and some 2.5 billion people living in smallholder farmer households -- who rely on agricultural production for their livelihood. These farmers feed 80% of the population in developing countries. By 2050 the world’s population is...
Posted by Meena Abedi on 21.11.2018
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Energy Smart Agriculture
Energy is needed in all steps along the agrifood chain: in the production of crops, fish, livestock and forestry products; in post-harvest operations; in food storage and processing; in food transport and distribution; and in food preparation. Direct energy includes electricity, mechanical power,...
Posted by Malovi Antony on 09.07.2018
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Big Data Key to Unlocking Innovation in Agriculture for Future Food Security
Keynote address at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture by André Laperrière , Executive Director, of the Global Open Data Initiative for Agriculture and Nutrition , GODAN and Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General, Copa - Cogeca 20th June 2018, Utrecht, Netherlands - The need for advancement...
Posted by Natasha Dsouza on 20.06.2018
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Join the East Africa Digital Farmers Conference
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization and partners are organizing the East African Digital Farmers Conference. The conference will run from the 29 April to the 31st of May 2018, at the Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) grounds in Nairobi, Kenya . The...
Posted by Boniface Akuku on 28.05.2018
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