ICTUpdate - a current awareness bulletin for ACP Agriculture

Current issue: Farmer services

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Issue no. 53
February 2010

Direct data on demand

Mobile apps deliver a broad range of information to Ugandan farmers
The view from above

VHRI gives West African farmers data on soil fertility and land size
From the web to the phone

Information system sends RSS feeds to Chilean farmers via SMS
Customized information

Nokia Life Tools delivers customized agricultural information

Perspectives

A coordinated effort

Agricultural information services face major challenges in achieving their goals of making sure that farmers can find the precise information they need, when they need it...

Q&A

Integrating info systems

Have mobile phones replaced extension officers as the main source of information for farmers? There are certainly far fewer agricultural extension officers, either from gov...

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The complete package..

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Localizing languages..

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A climate mashup..

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