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Mercy Corps’ Agri-Fin Mobile program goes live in Indonesia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe
14 May, 2013 – by Kyla Yeoman
A unique “bundled” mobile service is changing the way smallholder farmers conduct business.
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ICT for agriculture: What does the farmer want?
9 May, 2013 – by skrogt
Despite participatory design of programs, we still make the wrong assumptions about what farmers want. Even after supporting over 50 projects and programs related to ICT and agriculture, I have to be careful not to take a short cut and assume. In this blog I will share some of my experiences with...
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"The challenge is not to make data theoretically accessible, but also practically usable." An interview with Johannes Keizer
25 April, 2013 – by keizer
This is an interview originally published on Tuesday, 23 of April 2013 on AIMS:
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Mobile telephony: Empowering women and paving the way for m-development
25 April, 2013 – by roxy
When was the last time you met a truly empowered woman? Well, earlier in the week, I was lucky enough to meet Valiben Macwana, one of the 1.7 million empowered self-employed women's association (SEWA) members.
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How ICT is helping farmers and combatting climate change
24 April, 2013 – by joshwoodard
Greenhouse gases from agriculture account for over ten percent of total emissions globally, roughly equivalent to the entire global transport sector. Meanwhile, it is estimated that agricultural production will need to increase by about 70% by 2050 to keep pace with global population growth.
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Agriculture Nepal Dot Com: a new Nepalese initiative using ICT to power agriculture
23 April, 2013 – by dineshpanday
With the rise of the social media in recent years, we spend considerable time in social networking, blogging and micro-blogging sites to share, interact, learn and explore things that mean most to us. These virtual platforms now parallel the social sense of our lives. Yet somehow these sites lack...
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Turning a mobile phone into a microscope
22 April, 2013 – by Michael Riggs
There is a very interesting article “Cellphone microscopes: a how-to guide” on SciDev.Net.
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Missing Link in Development: Focus on ICT
12 March, 2013 – by e-Agriculture
Information and communication technology (ICT) is increasingly seen as a tool for supporting development operations. Susheela Venkataraman, Principal Director of ADB’s Office of Information Systems and Technology, explains how ICT can help bridge socioeconomic divides in Asia and the Pacific....
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Une nouvelle membre de l'équipe d'e-Agriculture: Darline Symphonie Ntankeu Yepmou du Cameroun
8 March, 2013 – by ntankeu_darline
Mon nom est Darline Symphonie Ntankeu Yepmou et je suis originaire du Cameroun. Ma passion pour l’agriculture est née il y a 5 ans alors que j’etais encore à l’ecole d’ingénieur. Depuis ce temps, je m’implique activement dans les activités liées à ce sujet. Je possède un champs d’ananas (1/2 ha) et...
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A new member on the e-Agriculture team: Darline Symphonie Ntankeu Yepmou from Cameroun
8 March, 2013 – by ntankeu_darline
My name is Darline Symphonie Ntankeu Yepmou and I’m from Cameroon. My passion for agriculture started 5 years ago, when I was still at school. So far, I’m involved in activities related to that topic. I manage a farm (1/2 ha of a pineapples farm, and 5ha of cassava). Moreover, I’m a member of the...
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