e-Agriculture Newsletter Issue #2, 2018

Focus on #HackAgainstHunger

#HackAgainstHunger is organized by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with a goal to identify and support innovative solutions to address challenges around food and agriculture.

The #HackAgainstHunger is a tripartite event with two regional hackathons in Kigali, Rwanda and two simultaneous events in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago - the two respective events are happening this February.

The winners in the regional events will be selected to attend the WSIS Forum 2018 -Special Track Hackathon. Participants in this hackathon seek to develop innovative digital solutions to assure food security and end hunger in middle-and lower-income countries. More info

Berlin Agriculture Minister's Conference committed to ICTs in agriculture

The Berlin Agriculture Ministers' conference held in Germany under the auspices of the 10th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (which was organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture) affirmed to the role of ICT technologies as an important tool to agriculture, for example in improving water-use efficiency. More info

Can ICTs be used to fight pest's outbreaks (for example Fall Armyworm?)

Sub-Saharan Africa is dealing with the Fall Armyworm (FAW) which attacked mostly the maize crop. Other known pests that have caused similar havoc in agriculture include, locusts, army worm, fruit flies, banana diseases,and wheat rusts, amongst many others. This article focuses on how ICTs have been used to help the fight against pests and diseases.