MOBILES in AGRICULTURE: today at infoDev’s 4th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship

[Event]
From 30/05/2011 to 03/06/2011
Location: Helsinki, Finland

A high level panel on Mobiles in Agriculture will be held today (31 May) from 14.00hr to 15.30hr at the InfoDev Global Forum in Helsinki, Finland.

This expert workshop will focus on the use of mobile technology in agriculture and the management of forestry resources. The themes are drawn from the new ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook, which will be formally launched later in the day.

Moderator: Eija Pehu, Lead Specialist, Agriculture and Rural Development (World Bank)

Panelists:

• Stephen Rudgard, Knowledge and Capacity for Development, FAO

• Pekka Jamsen, AgriCord

• Jamila Abass, Founder, mFarm (Kenya)

• Sean Krepp, Grameen AppLab (Uganda)

• Cory Belden, World Bank

This panel is part of infoDev’s 4th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship, which is focusing on Mobile Applications, Agri-business and Clean Technologies.

This year's event is carried out within the framework of a joint program with the Government of Finland and Nokia on Creating Sustainable Businesses for the Knowledge Economy. This €12.9 million program, running from 2010-2012, focuses on enhancing the competitiveness of emerging market SMEs in the information and communication technologies (ICT) and agribusiness sectors in particular. The program will also employ the use of the mobile communications platform to grow content, services and applications for developing countries.

  For more information on the Global Forum, see http://www.infodevgf.net

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  About the e-Sourcebook "Information and Communication Technologies for Agriculture"