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Interview with Microsoft Research’s Indrani Medhi shows how ICTs can be used to improve the quality of life in rural India

info@e-agriculture.org — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:05:19 GMT

From The Wall Street Journal: Rated as one of the ' 50 smartest people in technology' in 2010 by Fortune Magazine, Indrani Medhi, associate researcher at Microsoft Research India, tells India Rea...

E-TIC.net: ICTs for agriculture, herders and fishing

info@e-agriculture.org — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:26:31 GMT

"The E-TIC project aims to provide tools and training components so that small farmers, herd...

A global network for mountains

info@e-agriculture.org — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:22:08 GMT

Mountain Forum- 2009 Mountain Forum Report
Source: infoandina.org...

Customized information delivered to farmers

info@e-agriculture.org — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:24:35 GMT

By Hemant Madan
Source: http://ictupdate.cta.int
Nokia Life Tools delivers customized information to...

NEPAD to meet over infrastructure development

info@e-agriculture.org — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:57:51 GMT

by Faridah Kulabako, Kampala for Daily Monitor, Uganda
Africa stakeholders including business executives and policy makers will between October 13 and 15 meet...

Reach out to villages via new technologies

info@e-agriculture.org — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:00:30 GMT

Source: expressindia.com
"New Delhi Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked banks to adopt new technologies, such as mobile banking and telephony, to reach out to the rural p...

iuMAP: an online map of social enterprises using market methods to address povery in developing countries

info@e-agriculture.org — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:03:39 GMT

The Ayllu Initiative, has just launched the iuMAP, an online map of social enterprises focuse...

A foot pilgrimage in the domain of ICT4Agriculture

info@e-agriculture.org — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:50:23 GMT

Remarkable Initiative
Source: http://www.it-rural.com/
A Team of software engineers, led by Th...

FAO provides free access to statistics treasure trove

info@e-agriculture.org — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:52:42 GMT
World's largest database of food, hunger and agricultural information now fully accessible online Free access to FAO database contributes to sustainable development 9 July 2010, Rome - FAO is ...

Farmers to get rice-growing advice via text messages

info@e-agriculture.org — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:31:05 GMT
(From IRRI): Los Baños, Philippines– Farmers in the “texting capital” of the world—the Philippines—will soon have nutrient management advice tailored specifically to their rice crops deliv...