Blog d’e-Agriculture

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...

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.

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...

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....