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Question: Question: How Can The Youth Be Involved In Championing Good Climate Smart Agricultural Practices
490 reads mobile How Can The Youth Be Involved In Championing Good Climate Smart Agricultural Practices ovhp ...more
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Group: Goat Development
Enable exchange of experience and ideas about improving the productivity and benefits of goat keeping. Open to anyone involved in goat production - meat, milk or other; small-holder or ranch; producer, trainer or service provider. ...more
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Resource: Resource: National e-agriculture Strategy
629 reads The FAO-ITU e-agriculture strategy is a framework to assist countries develop their national e-agriculture strategies and to identify and develop sustainable ICT in agriculture services and solutions. Read more Institutional Reform Organising and Managing Services Agriculture FAO ITU ...more
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News: News: Evidence patchy on value of mobile apps for farmers
290 reads A review of research on how information services based on mobile phone technology can improve the lives of farmers has found only patchy evidence of success. Read more here: https://goo.gl/z4KMJA Innovation Lessons / Synthesis New Technology Technology Communication ICTs and Mobile ...more
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Resource: Resource: ICT – Powering Behavior Change for a Brighter Agricultural Future
cell phones are the interesting partnerships beginning to emerge between the cell phone companies (or MNO's- mobile network operators) and the emergence of suites of services. For example, financial services, such as mobile money, may also have associated service options to access market ...more
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Story: Story: Using Fintech to Feed the World: Four Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Finance AFAAS Content
many cannot access the financing they need to invest in things like seeds, fertilizers and irrigation technologies to increase production and improve their livelihoods. There’s good news though: Across the world, innovative fintechs – companies using technology to enable financial services like virtual ...more
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Resource: Resource: The Climate Change Adaptation and Information and Communications Technology (ICT)- CHAI- Project Country Content
630 reads Launched in January 2012, this 2-year-long project used a set of information and communication technology (ICT) tools to collect, analyse, and send out agricultural advisories, crop and livestock market information, and weather data to Ugandan farmers, who are among the most affected by ...more
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Resource: Resource: Best Practices for Fall Armyworm Management in Africa
practices to tackle Fall Armyworm. Best Practices Food Security Services Agricultural Extension Agricultural Research Farm Management and Planning Africa <a href="/users/siya-aggrey" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" ...more
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News: News: How might we improve the livelihoods the world’s poor by reducing food waste and spoilage?
1224 reads How might we improve the livelihoods the world’s poor by reducing food waste and spoilage? Join the #AgInnovation Challenge on @OpenIDEO and develop solutions that reduce food waste by improving access to markets, information and financial services for small-scale farmers. Submit your ...more
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Story: Story: Improving Access to Agricultural Inputs for Family Farmers in Mozambique
the expansion of the use of agricultural inputs by family farmers. A combination of financial and extension services can help financial institutions overcome limitations in designing and distributing financial products suitable for family farmers. For example, the agricultural extension service could ...more