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  • Issue no. 71
  • April 2013

  1. Disaster risk management

    Pacific Disaster Net is one of several initiatives that brings together...

  2. Mobile innovation on Caribbean islands

    The Caribbean Mobile Innovation Project, launched by infoDev, aims to he...

  3. An ICT-based development framework

    ICTs delivered through an appropriate development framework can help ove...

  4. Towards Caribbean e-agriculture

    Despite high mobile penetration in Caribbean developing nations, using I...

Bookmarks

Managing plant pests

Plant pests – insects, pathogens and weeds – can threaten agricultural production and biodiversity. For farmers who need specialist advice on the identification and manag...

Guest editor

The rise of ICTs in the Pacific

When international travellers destined for Suva, the capital of Fiji, arrive at Nadi Airport, they may be surprised to learn that they still have a three-hour road journe...

Q&A

Adopting ICTs on small islands

What are the biggest connectivity challenges facing small islands?The biggest challenge for small island states, especially those that have many islands separated by larg...

Feature Articles

Disaster risk management

In October 2005, leaders of Pacific nations at the 36th Pacific Islands Forum in Papua New Guinea endorsed A Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Na...

EXPLORE ICT update

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware

New crops from old PCs..

Refurbished computers provide internet and e-learning to rural communities in Uganda. Farmers there have increased crop production and their annual income. ...

Reviving a language..

With half of the world’s languages likely to die out this century, a Canadian initiative shows how multimedia technology can regenerate interest....

Count on cell phones..

A project in South Africa supports mathematics education in schools using the web, social networking and mobile apps to deliver learning material directly to stud......

Going Local..

Using television, radio, the web and printed publications, a project in the Pacific island of Pohnpei restores interest in traditional crops and promotes healthy......

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FEATURED Theme: Issue no. 65 - Youth and ICTs

The power of information..

Map Kibera uses GIS, SMS, video and the web to gather community data...

Moving with communities..

A portable computer kit delivers agricultural training to Ugandan nomadic pastoralists...

An attractive opportunity..

Audio conferencing helps to make farming a viable prospect for young Ghanaians ...

Tech solutions to agricultu.....

GIS and mapping improves marketing opportunities for rice farmers in Ghana...

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