Innovations in Information and Communication Technologies
Session 3: Using ICT to Promote Connections Within Agricultural Systems
Announcements
Event Video
Moderator
Event Schedule
Opening Remarks
Introductory video
Dr. Gerald Shively
Associate Dean and Director of International Program in Agriculture, Purdue University
Presentations
ICT to Increase Connectivity in the Sustainable & Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) project ‘Scaling’ Phase
Dr. Brendan Brown, Agricultural Innovation Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT Nepal)
Development of a Visual Syllabus for Sustainable Capacity Building
Ms. Emma Karki, Senior Research Officer, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT Nepal)
Learning from the First Conservation Agriculture focused MOOC
Dr. Ram Datt, Associate Professor, School of Agribusiness and Rural Management, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, (Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India)
The DeHaat Approach: Providing end-to-end solutions and services to the farming community in India
Mr. Shashank Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, DeHaat (India)
MARVI – Participatory Approach for Groundwater Monitoring and ICT at the Village Level
Professor Basant Maheshwari, Western Sydney University (Australia)
Questions & Answers
Wrap-up & Closing Remarks
Event Ends
Resources
Using ICT to Promote Connections Within Agricultural Systems
How Smallholder Farmer Access to ICTs are Improving Farming
(Article, Food Tank, 2014)
Using ICT to enable Agricultural Innovation Systems for Smallholders
(Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2012)
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Agriculture
(Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2017)
11th pre-harvest set to improve market channels for agri-foods beyond the pandemic
(Article, Ghana Web, 2021)
Impact of Information and Communication Technology-based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
(PDF, African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2013)
ICT4Scale in Smallholder Agriculture: Contributions and Challenges
(PDF, Information Technologies & International Development, 2020)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide agricultural advice to smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Uganda
(Paper, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2018)
How Are Smallholder Farmers Involved in Digital Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case Study from China
(Report, MDPI, 2021)
A case study of the relationship between smallholder farmers' ICT literacy levels and demographic data w.r.t. their use and adoption of ICT for weather forecasting
(Report, National Institutes of Health, 2021)
ICT Use by Smallholder Farmers: A Case Study of Two Villages in Central Mozambique
(Report, Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 2021)
A Study of the Use of ICT among Rural Farmers
(Report, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2016)