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By Jet Hermida on Mar 12, 2008 in DHRRA News, ICT and Small Farmers | 0 Comments
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Category: ICT and Small Farmers
Rural Women in the Wired World »
By Jet Hermida on Mar 11, 2008 in ICT and Small Farmers | 0 Comments
Its TechTuesday again! and having recently celebrated the other half of the world last March 8 i thought of posting something techie with a gender twist. And here’s an inspiring article from IDRC about how African rural women farmers are benefiting from ICTs. It shows how “a variety of tools and tactics serve both [...]
FrontlineSMS: sms power for NGOs »
By Jet Hermida on Mar 4, 2008 in Development Tools, Farm Technology, ICT and Small Farmers | 2 Comments
For today’s TechTuesday, I present you the impressive application called FrontlineSMS developed by the techies at kiwanja.net. Btw, did i tell that its FREE! i’m downloading it now and gonna test it soon.
FrontlineSMS is the first text messaging system to be conceived, designed and written firmly with the needs of the non-profit sector in mind. [...]
API launches ICT for farmers »
By Jet Hermida on Feb 28, 2008 in AFA, ICT and Small Farmers, News Clippings | 0 Comments
The Indonesian Peasant Alliance is currently implementing an ICT capability building training for its member farmers;
Based on the endeavor to enhance farmers and their households’ capacity to access to information technology (IT), API in cooperation with Formasi Indonesia has been conducting Community Training Center (CTC) Program starting from August 2007. The objective of the program [...]
FarmTech: Rice Seed Preservation Technique »
By Jet Hermida on Feb 26, 2008 in Farm Technology, ICT and Small Farmers | 0 Comments
Its TechTuesday once again and searching high and low, we found this interesting video made by the good people of IRRI on rice farming. The video blurb says ”
Produced by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI, Philippines), CAB International (CABI, UK), and the Rural Development Academy (RDA, Bogra, Bangladesh), this is one of four in [...]
Are cellphones the new hope for small farmers? »
By admin on Jan 27, 2008 in ICT and Small Farmers, News Clippings | 0 Comments
I was reading Shareideas when i came across these interesting article about the effects (both real and possible)Â of the mobile revolution in developing countries. Can the cell phone become an very invaluable tool for small farmers?
In a BBC News article, “The Invisible Computer Revolution” (which is a very interesting read btw) Dr. Joel Selanikio, [...]
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