ICTUpdate - a current awareness bulletin for ACP Agriculture
Current issue: Cooperatives
- Issue no. 55
- June 2010
Perspectives
The bridge between farm and market
Q&A
Cooperating with farmers
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Editorial
Editorial: ICTs boost farmer cooperation
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FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware
Raising school standards..
SchoolNet Namibia has developed a computer lab that can be installed in any school in the country. This helps to simplify the training and technical support proc......
Localizing languages..
A partnership to provide technology in African languages is helping to make technology more accessible to people across the continent....
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. ...
A climate mashup..
‘In many parts of the world agricultural systems are based largely on tradition. Farmers have been able to rely on the methods used by their forefathers because.....
BROWSE TECHNOLOGY
all technologies...FEATURED Theme: Issue no. 60 - Rural ICT policy
The democracy of technology..
National ICT policies provide guidance on how a country promotes the development of the information and communications sector. Ideally, these policies ensure th.....
Input through data..
Since 2002, the SEND Foundation has been monitoring Ghana’s poverty reduction strategy, and researching whether the country’s poor have been benefitting from th.....
A network for a new economy..
The Government of Rwanda’s document, ‘Vision 2020’, sets out plans that will transform the country’s economy from being largely dependent on agriculture to conc.....
The benefits of better serv.....
Access to telecommunication services can greatly improve economic growth. And this is especially the case in developing countries. According to the World Bank,.....