Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa
Africa faces a difficult challenge in meeting the main target of the first Millennium Development Goal — to halve the number of people suffering from malnutrition and hunger by 2015. Bridging the digital divide through the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)—such...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2004
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| author | Bertolini, Romeo |
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| description | Africa faces a difficult challenge in meeting the main target of the first Millennium Development Goal — to halve the number of people suffering from malnutrition and hunger by 2015. Bridging the digital divide through the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)—such as fixed-line and mobile phones and Internet services—will not directly solve this challenge, but it can make a significant contribution. -- from Text |
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| spelling | CGSpace1566632025-01-10T06:35:30Z Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa Bertolini, Romeo information and communication technologies food security information technology communication Africa faces a difficult challenge in meeting the main target of the first Millennium Development Goal — to halve the number of people suffering from malnutrition and hunger by 2015. Bridging the digital divide through the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)—such as fixed-line and mobile phones and Internet services—will not directly solve this challenge, but it can make a significant contribution. -- from Text 2004 2024-10-24T12:45:01Z 2024-10-24T12:45:01Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156663 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bertolini, Romeo. 2004. Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa. 2020 Africa Conference Brief; Issue brief. 11; 27. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156663 |
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| title | Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa |
| title_full | Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa |
| title_short | Making information and communication technologies work for food security in Africa |
| title_sort | making information and communication technologies work for food security in africa |
| topic | information and communication technologies food security information technology communication |
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