Beginning Monday the 16th of October, e-Agriculture received 670 participants of the e-Agriculture learning activity on the use of drones in agriculture. On each respective day of this activity content is added and made available and can be accessed here . You can download the full programme for a global overview here . In review so far On Monday, October 16th we opened the activity with a general introduction and a live opening webinar, which was meant to give more information on how the activity is organized. The recording of the live webinar is available here . An experience capitalization...
Starting last week, CTA has been running a perception survey on the use of drones for agriculture. You may be interested in sharing your opinion. Below is their call in both English and French: We want your opinion on the use of drones in agriculture Dear Colleague, Recent innovations in drone technology have led to new opportunities to improve agricultural practices around the globe. The technology is still quite new and requires careful consideration when and if it will be widely adapted. CTA in collaboration with NEPAD is conducting a survey to understand current perceptions, challenges...
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 October 2017, e-Agriculture is organizing a series interactive webinars with different speakers addressing different aspects on the use of drones in agriculture and rural development. About this webinar UAVs are increasingly recognised by humanitarian organizations for their potential effectiveness...
Live Webinar: Community Monitoring of Forests in Indigenous Territories in Panama Date Friday 20 October 4PM Central European SummerTime - 9 AM Panama Description Maricarmen Ruiz from FAO Panama will share her experience on the use of drones for community forest monitoring, working closely together...
WHEN: Friday 20 October 4PM Central European Summer Time - 9 AM Panama To enter the room use the following Adobe Connect link: http://fao.adobeconnect.com/e-agdronespanama/ In the framework of the e-Agriculture learning activity on drones , that runs on the e-Agriculture platform from 16 to 27 October, e-Agriculture is organizing a series of live webinars with different speakers addressing different aspects on the use of drones in agriculture and rural development. If you would like to receive notifications of all the webinars and the information of the activity you can register here Maria...
e-Agriculture Webinar: Airborne Agriculture Analytics with Matthew Barre from Slantrange Date Thursday 19 October - 2 PM UCT / 4PM CEST Description Drone-based imaging and analytics are proving to be a powerful tool to provide new insights to agronomists and farmers in crop research, breeding, and...
WHEN: Thursday 19 October - 2 PM UCT / 4PM CEST In order to connect to the webinar use the following link at the time of the event: http://fao.adobeconnect.com/e-agdrones2/ In the framework of the e-Agriculture learning activity on drones, that runs on the e-Agriculture platform from 16 to 27 October,e-Agriculture is organizing a series of live webinars with different speakers addressing different aspects on the use of drones in agriculture and rural development. If you would like to receive notifications of all the webinars and the information of the activity you can register here Airborne...
The e-Agriculture learning activity on drones in agriculture and rural development will take place every day from 16 till 27 October as the e-Agriculture team will post new content on the platform and host live events and Q&A’s. If you subscribe, you will receive an email everyday with the link to the content and a summary of what will be discussed that day. We hope that you will also share interesting articles and blogs and that you will enjoy our recordings and live webinars. We also want to emphasize that e-Agriculture is a Community of Practice and we welcome your contributions too!...
Sarawak Forestry Corporation’s implemented a new initiative called GeoDrone to enhance its forest management activities, including monitoring and enforcement. Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Chief Minister of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg declared: “The new drone initiative will help us to monitor the development of our forestry sector, which is important to Sarawak’s economy and contributes a lot of revenue". He also promised support to the SFC if it decided to equip the drones with the latest technology available, such as sensors to transmit...
e-Agriculture learning activity on the use of drones Date 16 to 27 October 2017 Description Are you interested to learn more about how drones are used in agriculture? Enroll now for the upcoming e-Agriculture learning activity on the use of drones. Each day from 16 to 27 October 2017 you will...
Live Webinar: Community Monitoring of Forests in Indigenous Territories in Panama Date Friday 20 October 4PM Central European SummerTime - 9 AM Panama Description Maricarmen Ruiz from FAO Panama will share her experience on the use of drones for community forest monitoring, working closely together...