ICT4RD Conference 2011 - “Rural Realities, Real Solutions” NGO Pulse: "We aim to bring together 250 experts and practitioners - from government, NGOs, donor community, ICT sector, social entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholder groups - from across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, to confront the realities of rural development and explore the innovative use of ICTs to catalyze the growth of ICT4RD solutions for scale.
A key output of the conference will be a comprehensive report, “The Innovative Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Rural Development in Africa”."
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Training Workshop on Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) and Strengthening RAIS in the SAARC Countries
10-12 May, 2011, by SAC-APAARI-GFAR-FAO-BARC at SAARC Agriculture Centre at BARC Complex, Dhaka, Bangladesh "APAARI is organising a three-day “Training Workshop on Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) and Strengthening RAIS in the SAARC Countries” at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 10-12 May 2011 jointly with SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and FAO. The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) will host this program at BARC Complex in Dhaka. A maximum of 30 Information and Communication Managers who have been involved or likely to be involved in CIARD and APARIS activities in the South Asian region are expected to participate in this workshop."
Mobile phone app aids farmers in Kenya
UPI.com: "M-Farm is a non-subscription mobile phone service that gives farmers information about market prices across the country through text messages. It was created by Strathmore University students Jamilla Abass, Susaneve Oguya and Linda Kwamboka to make the market more transparent to farmers."
Zambia turns to Internet to fight climate change
The farmers union, in partnership with local non-government organizations, governmental bodies and the United Nations Development Programme’s climate change project, says it has launched information centres in every district of the country to share agricultural information.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Monday, October 4, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Solar Cell, Heal Thyself
New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance.
Helpful information about "http://web.mit.edu/
"any loss in performance."
- http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/self-healing-solar.html (view on Google Sidewiki)
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Social Network Used to Prepare West African Forum on Agriculture and ICT — International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
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