E-Agriculture

Posts on the topic "partners"

Posts on the topic "partners"

  • The project Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground proclaimed as the Winner of the WSIS 2020 prize in the category E-Agriculture

    News by Giacomo Rambaldi By embodying components like scientific research, proof of concept initiatives, capacity building, support to investment, enterprise development, networking, experience capitalisation and communication, the Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground project, funded and supported by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), started transforming Africa’s agriculture into a high-tech industry, with decisions being based on real-time gathering and processing of data, productivity and yields. The establishment of 38 rapidly expanding, youth-...
  • TAAT @ AGRF2020: “Agricultural Technologies for Feeding Cities”

    TAAT Clearing House specially invite interested participants to the high-level session on “ Agricultural Technologies for Feeding Cities” at this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) . The session will be held on the 7th of September 2020 from 17h00 to 18h30 (EAT). Organised by the Alliance...
  • MOOC:Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission

    Wageningen University & Research is offering an exciting M OOC on Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission . Learn how to prepare and execute a flight mission with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and how to use, process and understand the collected drone data for your own applications. Who is it for? Although the course was initially made for agriculture technicians, researchers or graduate students from multidisciplinary technical fields, everyone that aims to learn how to use an off-the-shelf small drone for generating a high-resolution image from a field, or...
  • ITU-FAO Webinar on Fostering Digital Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia

    Virtual event (Webinar), 22/06/2020 - 22/06/2020 We are pleased to invite all stakeholders to the ITU-FAO webinar on fostering digital agriculture in Europe and Central Asia that will be held on 22 June from 10.00 to 11.00 a.m .​ It provides an opportunity to present results of the new study on the...
  • Innovation Challenge by GIZ

    The GIZ agricultural Innovation fund is looking for startups or small businesses with innovative ideas for the agri-food sector in Africa (Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia) and South East Asia. The global community has set itself the goal to end hunger by 2030. To achieve this, agriculture must become more efficient and...
  • Do we have to adapt extension approaches to the digital farming environment?

    The FAO Technical Network on Sustainable Crop Production and Agroecology is pleased to invite you to the following seminar: Do we have to adapt extension approaches tothe digital farming environment? Event Details Friday 21 February 2020 11:00 – 12:00 AM (Rome Time – CET) Ethiopia Room (C209) Join us online Please connect 10 minutes before the webinar starts to ensure the audio works properly . The challenges of food security and climate change are increasing the need to accelerate adoption of sustainable and effective management practices. Traditionally, farmers have received agronomic and...