News

You can search in the AIMS website archive about news related to any topic about AIMS.

  • KUKUA Weather Data and forecasting services for local farmers in Africa

    We can’t influence the weather ... but we can boost access to reliable, accurate weather data and agronomic information ... which is crucial to making informed decisions about when and how to plant and tend crops in order to improve yields. Did you know that ... Africa has over 30 million small farms ...
  • Recorded Webinar on ‘Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development (CD) for Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) through TAPipedia

    (Image source: FAO of the UN)If you missed the webinar on ‘Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development (CD) for Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) through TAPipedia’ , you can watch the recording. You can find the presentation slides here.____________________________________________________________________________________________________The Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP*), hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...
  • Join TRAINING Course and SYMPOSIUM on Farmers' ACCESS to DATA in Johannesburg !

    GFAR has convened a SYMPOSIUM ON FARMERS' RIGHTS TO DATA to be held in Johannesburg on 24 November 2017. Register here to participate in the Symposium !The symposium follows a Training Course on Access to Data held in the preceding 4 days. There are still 5 slots available for participating in the training : Register ...
  • Geospatial Data binding for Transdisciplinary Research in Crop Science

     "Geospatial binding for transdisciplinary research in crop science: the GRASPgfs initiative", in Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards 2017 2:20 : https://doi.org/10.1186/s40965-017-0034-3 © The Author(s). 2017 This paper retraces the GRASP-GFS* (Geospatial Resource for Agricultural Species and Pests with integrated workflow modelling to support Global Food Security) endeavor ...