Showing posts with label digitalization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digitalization. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2024

Vote now! Reward the outstanding free services offered by the Digital Agri Hub to support the transformation of the agricultural sector

 

The Digital Agri Hub run by the Wageningen University and Research (WUR) has been nominated as a potential candidate awardee for the UN / ITU WSIS 2024 prize in the Category 13 - AL C7 E-agriculture

The Hub offers free access to a dashboard with over 1200 digital solutions for agriculture in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to digital communities hosted on community platforms. 

The winners of the WSIS 2024 prizes will be selected based on the result of a public voting process.

How to vote:
  • Only registered members of the WSIS Stocktaking Platform (STK) with requested complete information may vote for/appreciate a project. The information should contain organization details: name, type, country and user details: username and e-mail.
  • Members may only vote for one project in each category 
  • Voters are encouraged but not required to cast votes for one project in each of categories.
Voting – step by step (for new STK members):
  1. Register https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Account/ 
  2. Confirm your registration via the confirmation email you will have received in your inbox
  3. Login
  4. Select Prizes on the top navigation bar.
  5. Select “Vote” > “Vote ->”
  6. Select: “Voting form”
  7. Select: AL C7. E-agriculture on the drop-down menu.
  8. Scroll down, look for Digital Agri Hub and click on “Vote for this Project
  9. Optional: Select other categories of your interest and express your preferences as well.

Voting – step by step (for already registered STK members)
  1. Follow this link: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Prizes/2024 
  2. Select “Vote” > “Vote ->”
  3. Login
  4. Select: “Voting form”
  5. Select: AL C7. E-agriculture on the drop-down menu.
  6. Scroll down, look for Digital Agri Hub and click on “Vote for this Project
  7. Optional: Select other categories of your interest and express your preferences as well.



Friday, March 10, 2023

 

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Landscaping the Agritech Ecosystem for Smallholder Farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

 Promotional video for the report “Landscaping the Agritech Ecosystem for Smallholder Farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Based on the review of 131 digital agriculture tools, this report, prepared by GSMA and IDB Lab, provides a market mapping and landscape analysis of the most prominent cases of digital disruption. It highlights some of the major trends observed in five digital agriculture use cases, identifies opportunities for digital interventions, and concludes with recommendations for future engagement that could deliver long-term, sustainable economic and social benefits for smallholder farmers.