Sep 21 2011 in Agriculture, Agriculture Markets, Extension Service, Food Security, Livestock, Mobile by GBI Portal
Agriculture professionals will converge at the Headquarters of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) next week in Rome for the 2nd Global Agricultural Knowledge Share Fair. As I write this, it is days away from kick-off of the 4-day event in Rome from the 26-29 September. With all the excitements that ShareFair brings, participants [...]
Tags: agriculture, CGIAR, FAO, ICTs, IFAD, knowledge sharing, ShareFair, Social Media, WFP
Aug 3 2011 in Agriculture by GBI Portal
E-agriculture typifies the shift from struggling industrial economies to a knowledge-based entrepreneurial economic landscape driven by rapid technological innovation. ICTs, which are increasingly viewed as tools that can enable farmers to work smarter and boost their returns, have functioned as a source of empowerment, boosting and building capacities, through highly efficient knowledge sharing processes. Here [...]
Tags: AgriTalk, CAFAN, Caribbean Farmers Network, e-agriculture, farmers, ICT, KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, knowledge sharing, Radio Toco, rural community, Trinidad and Tobago, UNDP, UNESCO, VOIP, Women Speaking to Women