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Nasir Yammama: A technological approach to enhancing the impact of agricultural extension

Nasir Yammama speaks on the best approaches for agricultural extension and meeting the needs of women smallholder farmers in Nigeria.

"Youth should be part of the conversation about rural development"

Assistant vice-president of the strategy and knowledge department of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Paul Winters, highlights the factors that need to be in place for rural youth to prosper.

Caribbean farmers could be going digital

New approaches for the future

Three new reports focus on food systems and production in Africa to achieve food security and end malnutrition and poverty. Digital technologies, better policies and new farming approaches are all highlighted as means to achieve these aims.

Stepping up climate-smart efforts in Malawi

To help the growing number of Malawians effected by droughts, floods and emerging pests and diseases, a climate-resilience project is scaling out tailored weather technologies and advisory services to smallholders.

153 Results in projects and events

Oct 14

Online course: Open data in agriculture and farmers data management

Monday, 14 October 2019 – Sunday, 10 November 2019

This 4-week course aims to strengthen the capacity of farmers’ organisations, data producers and data consumers to manage, use and share data in agriculture. The course also aims to raise awareness of different types of data formats, data rights and applications, and to highlight how important it is…

Jun 25

Raising ambition for climate action in food systems

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), organised yearly at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, is one of two permanent subsidiary bodies to the Conference of Parties (COP/CMP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It supports the work of the COP through the provision of timely info…

Jun 6

GODAN Webinar: Space for Agriculture in Developing Countries

Thursday, 6 June 2019

The UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) International Partnership Programme (IPP) is a five-year, £30 million per year programme that uses the UK space sector’s research and innovation strengths to deliver sustainable, economic and societal benefit to developing countries. This includes six projects across Latin America, Africa and Asia focused on agriculture. A report…

Location:

Wageningen, Netherlands

Jun 3

Climate Research for Development in Africa (CR4D) meeting

Monday, 3 June 2019 – Tuesday, 4 June 2019

The Climate Research for Development (CR4D) is an initiative launched to strengthen links between climate science research and climate information needs in support development planning in Africa. CR4D is an African-led initiative supported by partnership between African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Ministerial Conferen…

Location:

Nairobi, Kenya

Apr 5

Disruptive Agricultural Technology Challenge and Conference

Friday, 5 April 2019 – Saturday, 6 April 2019

The Disruptive Agricultural Technology (DAT) Challenge and Conference aims to provide a forum to discuss the opportunities offered by disruptive digital technologies to increase productivity, and access to services and markets in the agricultural sector. Several promising digital technology innovators in agriculture…