The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) just released its 2016 online annual report. The articles in this annual review focus on CTA’s projects aimed at smallholder farmers and concerns innovations in agribusiness, finance, ICTs, climate-smart agriculture, agro-tourism, communications and knowledge management. This issue starts presenting the key figures from 2016 on CTA communication products and on-the-ground projects. The issue is then divided in 6 chapters, including "Promoting Agribusiness", "ICTs for Agriculture", "Communication and Knowledge-Sharing", "...
Webinar: Plant Protection & Benefit of Smart Agriculture Metrology Date June 27, 2017 | TIME: 15:00 (GMT) Description Smart agriculture metrology can play a major role in the control of plant diseases. Hence, better management of environmental and plant parameters is a key contributor to plants’ protection and most efficient use of chemicals. At this engaging 30 minutes webinar the farming economist Peter Raatjes will talk about the general issues with plant diseases, show several strategies of plant protection and offer practical in-the-field tips with a focus on smart agriculture...
The United Nations Global Pulse is an initiative that focus on Big Data. The Pulse Lab Kampala , in Uganda has developed a prototype application that makes it possible to analyse in real time public discussions on the radio. This tool is unique in that it applies speech technology in three Ugandan languages (Ugandan English,Luganda and Acholi) - through a collaboration with academics at Stellenbosch University in South Africa who taught computers these three languages. In Uganda, there are over 250 FM radio stations and most of them are community radio stations. These stations have a popular...
eKrishok: Making ICT Works for Agricultural Sector to Empower Farmers and Agro-SMEs Date Monday, 12 June 2017, 11:00–13:00 hrs Location Room C1, ITU Tower, Geneva, Switzerland. Remote participation is also available Description BIID will share eKrishok experiences on how ICT can facilitate business...
Action Line C4. Capacity Building: Building Capacity to Leverage eAgriculture Applications Date Thursday, 15 June 2017, 11:00–13:00 hrs Location Room G2, ITU Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland. Remote participation is also available Description This session explores current ICT applications designed for...
Action Line C7: E-agriculture -Democratizing Digital Innovation in Agriculture Date Thursday, 15 June 2017, 09:00–10:45 hrs Location Room G2, ITU Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland. Remote participation is also available Description There are wide range of effective, replicable and sustainable examples...
Measurement of progress towards the SDGs through ICT indicators Date Monday, 12 June 2017, 14:30-16:15 hrs Location Popov Room 2, ITU Tower, Geneva, Switzerland Description The session will highlight the measurement of progress towards the SDGs through ICT indicators, beyond the SDG Indicators...
WSIS Forum 2017: Information and Knowledge Societies for SDGs Date 12-16 June 2017 Location Geneva, Switzerland Description The World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2017 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for development’ community. The annual WSIS Forum is...
GFAR Webinar: “Farm Radio, Community Radio and Participatory Radio” Date Tuesday June 13th 2017 – at 14:00 Rome time Description This GFAR webinar is focused on farm radio, community radio and participatory radio, a trio of interconnected topics, with a close link to agriculture and rural...
Papua New Guinea's Department of Agriculture & Livestock (DAL), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), among other partners working on ICTs for agriculture, met in Port Moresby on May 30th, 2017 to consult on the e-agriculture strategy for Papua New Guinea. The aim of the meeting was to advance in the implementation and adoption of ICTs in the agricultural sector. Watch the video report on the consultation: Credits: EMTV Papua New Guinea's farmers (which represent the majority of the population) have always...
eKrishok: Making ICT Works for Agricultural Sector to Empower Farmers and Agro-SMEs Date Monday, 12 June 2017, 11:00–13:00 hrs Location Room C1, ITU Tower, Geneva, Switzerland. Remote participation is also available Description BIID will share eKrishok experiences on how ICT can facilitate business...