agropedia is an agriculture knowledge repository of universal meta models and localised content for a variety of users with appropriate interfaces built in collaborative mode in multiple languages. In other words, it aspires to be a one stop shop for any knowledge, pedagogic or practical related to Indian agriculture - an audiovisual encyclopaedia, to enhance, educate and transform the process of digital content creation and organisation completely. It aims to develop a comprehensive digital content framework, platform, and tools in support of agricultural extension and outreach.
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This knowledge paper outlines the potential mechanisms through which ICT could facilitate agricultural adoption and the provision of extension services in development countries. It then review current programs using ICT for agriculture in developing countries, focusing on the mechanism of providing information (voice, SMS, internet and mobile money) and the types of services provided. It also identify potential constraints to such programs in terms of design and implementation, and conclude with some recommendations for implementing field-based research on the impact of these new programs on farmers’ knowledge, technological adoption and welfare in developing countries. More >>>>> |
State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet will illuminate a new generation of innovative approaches to hunger alleviation that has emerged from farmers’ groups, private voluntary organizations, universities, and agribusiness companies. After traveling to 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and visiting over 200 projects, groups, and individuals, Worldwatch Institute found that while these organizations span a large variety of industries and disciplines, they all share the common goal of equipping farmers with the tools to improve their livelihoods and feed their communities while also protecting local ecosystems. And many of their solutions are working. More >>>>>
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The e-Agriculture Community launched a new online platform on 16th December 2010. The launch is in conjunction with the ICTD2010 conference, where a special half day session on enhancing the impact of ICT in rural development has been organized by FAO and other partners in the e-Agriculture Community.
After three years of exciting growth, collaboration and knowledge sharing around ICT for rural development, this new platform has been developed to keep pace with the needs of the e-Agriculture Community in the coming years, which to date numbers to more than 7,000 members. |
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Agricultural pesticides account for at least 250,000 suicide deaths each year, making pesticides the single most common means of suicide worldwide. The proportion of suicide deaths attributable to pesticide self-poisoning varies considerably across the world: in Europe and the Americas fewer than 5% of suicide deaths involve pesticides; in the Eastern Mediterranean, African, and Southeast Asian regions approximately 20% - 25% involve pesticides; and in the Western Pacific region more than half of all suicides are pesticide related. In aggregate, pesticide poisoning is involved in one-third of all suicides. In Sri Lanka, more than half of all suicide deaths in 2005 were due to pesticides. More >>>> |
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