‘Young people cannot take up the role of intermediary free of charge, nor should they be expected to,’ Sylvestre Ouédraogo, president of the Yam Pukri Association in Burkina Faso.
ICTUpdate - a current awareness bulletin for ACP Agriculture
Current issue: Youth and ICTs
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- Issue no. 65
- April 2012
Q&A
A source of inspiration
Young farmers are able to master ICT skills and tools, to analyse and adjust farming practices to cope with prevailing climatic conditions, and increase profits.
Bookmarks
Blogs for an online presence
Blogs can provide youth groups, agricultural cooperative and farming business with an easy and free online presence.
Tech Talk
Encouraging ICT uptake
Sharing ideas with others, even on a small or personal level, can encourage them to make effective use of ICTs.
EXPLORE ICT update
FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware
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....
Generating power and money..
The introduction of solar power systems to rural communities in East Africa is developing new business opportunities as well as providing affordable and safe elec......
Web 2.0 for low bandwidth..
What’s the difference between web 2.0 and the web as we previously knew it? Fundamentally, the technology underlying both is the same, web 2.0 just has a few e.....
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....
BROWSE TECHNOLOGY
all technologies...FEATURED Theme: Issue no. 65 - Youth and ICTs
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...
The power of information..
Map Kibera uses GIS, SMS, video and the web to gather community data...
An attractive opportunity..
Audio conferencing helps to make farming a viable prospect for young Ghanaians ...