Issue 30: January 2006
Precision Agriculture
Precision Agriculture

Diversification Agriculture Project Alliance (DAPA) in Latin America

Small-scale coffee growers in the mountains of southern Colombia are capable farmers. They dream of better ways of growing their coffee and profiting from the increasing demand for specialty products. Thomas Oberthür explains how farmers, scientists, food processors and retailers are working together to develop high-quality that will fetch high market prices.

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Feature articles

Mauritius: Reforming the sugar cane industry

L.J.C. Autrey, S. Ramasamy and K.F. Ng Kee Kwong describe the achievements in the process of introducing precision farming technologies in Mauritius, and the challenges ahead.

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Farming from space: precision agriculture in Sudan

Jon Howcroft looks at how GPS and GIS technology are helping to boost farm productivity, while minimizing damage to the environment in eastern Sudan

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Impressions of WSIS-2 in Tunis

Oumy Ndiaye attended the second World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-2) held in Tunis, 16–18 November 2005. Here she gives some impressions of the meeting.

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