The visibility of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) research datasets in GARDIAN in 2018 is a major achievement for IITA. GARDIAN, an acronym for Global Agricultural Research Data Innovation and Acceleration Network, is a search engine created...
The Platform for Big Data is accelerating discoveries in agriculture that translate directly into valuable guidance for farmers. In particular, the CGIAR Platform has the potential to make significant strides in sustainable intensification, a field of research that...
Dr. Mercy Lung’aho barely survived her birth. She was anemic, like her mother, and weighed under a pound. Her life was at risk because of a disease that plagues one in nine people worldwide and one in four people in Sub-Saharan Africa: malnutrition.
“Can ICT4D help achieve food security?” was the question that the four speakers at Nethope’s webinar on agriculture and ICT4D approached by all giving their food for thought on the subject. The webinar, which took place last year, hosted a wide range of...
