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Published 8 April 2019 . Combined with local knowledge, modern tools help to predict the weather in the short term. Sharing local knowledge to predict the weather with the community and plan farming activities.  Watch and download the full video in different languages at: https://www.accessagriculture.org/  

Access Agriculture – reaching more than 68 million farmers Access Agriculture has reached more than 68 million farmers through its videos and audio soundtracks. An on-line survey, just finalised, involved participants from 115 countries. Two thirds of users are watching the videos direct on the site with one third registering and downloading. Most people using the site are sharing the videos either directly with farmers or with colleagues involved in extension. Users like Access Agriculture so much, that 900 of those who took the survey shared the platform with other organisations. From the 2,210 people who took part in the survey 80% have learned about Access Agriculture in the past three years. 78% of participants were from Africa and most were male. More half are younger than 40. Two thirds of those surveyed have watched more than 5 videos. Downloads of factsheets and other impact studies and publications were popular with around 30% of users. Summary of the survey report ,...

View/Open full text (14.82Mb) 10 February – 28 February 2019 . ICARDA Cairo, Egypt. Geospatial technologies is a term used to describe the range of modern tools contributing to the geographic mapping and analysis of the Earth and human societies. Especially in the last decade, these technologies have evolved into a network of national security, scientific, and commercially operated satellites complemented by powerful desktop GIS. High quality hardware and data is now available to new audiences such as universities, corporations, and non-governmental organizations. The fields and sectors deploying these technologies are currently growing at a rapid pace, informing decision makers on topics such as industrial engineering, biodiversity conservation, forest fire suppression, agricultural monitoring, humanitarian relief, and much more. Geospatial technology is used mostly for surveying and mapping of plantation crops. At the micro level implementation of geospatial tools is mainly...

4 - 5 February 2019 . Nairobi. Workshop on Sustainable Management of Integrated Open Weather Data and Agricultural Research Data to Create Impact for Smallholder Farmers . In Kenya, different data producers, intermediaries and data consumers require capacity building and skills to be able to manage and use open data in agriculture and nutrition effectively. On the other hand, a number of ICT experts, agricultural researchers, practitioners and policy-makers have turned their focus on the need obtain added value from data products and services for smallholder farmers specifically using information and communication technologies. However, limited technical capacities of data producers, data managers and data consumers has hindered effective generation and utilisation of data products and services. The main objective of the training workshop was to strengthen the technical capacities of data value chain actors and intermediaries on key areas such as: open data principles effective utilisa...

You have a business idea or an existing business around the dissemination of agricultural videos. You are younger than 30 years and living in Latin America, Africa or Asia-Pacific. This opportunity is for you! Check out the details at Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund . ============================================== Le Fonds Compétitifs d’appui aux Jeunes Entrepreneurs est ouvert! Vous avez une idée d'entreprise ou une entreprise existante relative à la dissémination de vidéos agricoles. Vous avez moins de 30 ans et vivez en Amérique Latine, en Afrique ou en Asie-Pacifique. Cette opportunité est pour vous! Consultez les détails à Fonds Compétitifs d’appui aux Jeunes Entrepreneurs .

11 December 2018.  The e-Agriculture and The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA)'s Unmanned Aerial Systems Community (UAV4Ag) held this webinar "Drones for Agriculture: potentials and challenges on the African continent". There is a general consensus that smallholder farming needs to become more productive, sustainable and profitable. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – or drone-based systems – services can help make this possible by bringing some of the tools of precision agriculture to producers, which include large and medium-scale holdings and associations of small-scale farmers growing the same crop in contiguous areas.  UAS can help increase the returns to farmers and create knowledge-intensive new employment opportunities in rural areas, offering educated youth an alternative to migrating to the cities. UAS services are increasingly adopted in developed countries. On the other hand, the deployment of the technology in Africa faces a number ...