The Research Data Alliance Interest Group for Agricultural Data (IGAD) is set to launch a new webinar series called the IGAD Coffee Break, with the objective to create an ongoing dialogue and encourage the exchange of experiences on agricultural research and innovation within the IGAD community and beyond.
In order ...
On 6 May at 12:00 CEST eLearning Africa organizes a webinar on “The future of work in Africa: from adopting emerging digital technologies to providing graduates with the skills they need to survive in the digital workplace”, in collaboration with Coursera for Campus. Information can be found here.
The panelists will discuss ...
Over the last few decades, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have been developed and are currently used in agriculture to improve various farming practices such as field analysis, irrigation, crop growth assessment, pest control, etc. IoT technologies in agriculture enable farmers to obtain a plethora of data relating to crop ...
There is an exponential growth in data accompanying the digitalization of agriculture through the proliferation of mobile technology, remote sensing technologies and distributed computing capabilities. The effective management of data will open up new opportunities to better the lives and livelihoods of smallholder farmers by lowering cost and reducing information ...
AGRIS increased the collection to more than 12 million records from 450 data providers from 150 countries, and the number of visits reached 25% more than 2019.
The new website has also become a key element for the promotion and accessibility of AGROVOC at http://www.fao.org/agris/.
Publications
FAO. 2020. AGRIS, the International System ...