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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...

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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...

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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

Making the marketplace mobile..

With internet and SMS TradeNet allows rural farmers to advertise their merchandise to an international market and find the fairest price for their crops....

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....

No time to wait..

The availability of broadband internet has increased rapidly in developing countries in the last few years, but it is still almost exclusively limited to users i.....

Campaigning against conflict..

Frustrated by the lack of mainstream media attention, international human rights organizations are using the internet to maintain focus on the conflict in Darfur....

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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...

Tech solutions to agricultu.....

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

An attractive opportunity..

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

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