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The market-led, user-owned ICT4Ag-enabled Information Service (MUIIS) Service Bundle was officially launched at the CTA Uganda country office on 8 March 2017. MUIIS is an innovative project that...
21/03/2017
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), agriculture sector accounts for more than half of total employment in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and over 70 per cent in East African...
16/03/2017
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There are more than 570 million farms in the world of which over 500 million are family-owned. These smallholder farmers are confronted by many challenges – climate change, natural disasters, loss of...
15/03/2017
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Smart agriculture is essential in tackling many of smallholders problems with their cultivations and for their development. Smart agriculture is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to...
14/03/2017
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The Listening Post is a project by Farm Radio, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the aim to put the farmer as a leading actor in the agricultural development. The vision is to...
07/03/2017
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Mercy Corps, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, today launched AgriFin Accelerate in Zambia. The AgriFin Accelerate program is a six-year, USD 25 million program. The program seeks to...
20/02/2017
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Photo credits: Young Africa Works
This is the title of a blog post by Brian Bosire, founder of UjuziKilimo, an agricultural technology company that brings affordable precision farming to smallholder...
15/02/2017
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While digital financial services via mobile channels offer great promise for improving the lives of smallholders and their families, significant challenges remain.
25/06/2014
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The World Bank, in collaboration with the e-Agriculture community and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), held a series of two week online forums. These e-forums stem...
12/09/2013
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Background: The value of getting timely quality information to smallholder farmers should not be underestimated. The agricultural research and development community is trying to increase the farmers...
22/07/2013