Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only].
We implemented an IFAD-supported project to promote ICT-based technologies for weather, water and crop ?related information and advice to smallholders in Africa. A detailed user need assessment was carried out at four project sites in Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and Mali. About 60 farmers at each of the...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Conference Paper |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
2013
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38285 |
| _version_ | 1855529401865732096 |
|---|---|
| author | Sharma, Bharat R. Rebelo, Lisa-Maria Amarnath, Giriraj Miltenburg, I. |
| author_browse | Amarnath, Giriraj Miltenburg, I. Rebelo, Lisa-Maria Sharma, Bharat R. |
| author_facet | Sharma, Bharat R. Rebelo, Lisa-Maria Amarnath, Giriraj Miltenburg, I. |
| author_sort | Sharma, Bharat R. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | We implemented an IFAD-supported project to promote ICT-based technologies for weather, water and crop ?related information and advice to smallholders in Africa. A detailed user need assessment was carried out at four project sites in Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and Mali. About 60 farmers at each of the site receive customised information allowing them to plan at the individual field scale not just what to plant and irrigate, but when the weather conditions will be just right for maximum success. Additionally, the farmers in Sudan shall receive forecast on the potential floods. This has hugely empowered the small farmers of the vulnerable communities. |
| format | Conference Paper |
| id | CGSpace38285 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace382852025-11-07T08:35:14Z Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. Sharma, Bharat R. Rebelo, Lisa-Maria Amarnath, Giriraj Miltenburg, I. information and communication technologies (icts) weather smallholders water resources We implemented an IFAD-supported project to promote ICT-based technologies for weather, water and crop ?related information and advice to smallholders in Africa. A detailed user need assessment was carried out at four project sites in Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and Mali. About 60 farmers at each of the site receive customised information allowing them to plan at the individual field scale not just what to plant and irrigate, but when the weather conditions will be just right for maximum success. Additionally, the farmers in Sudan shall receive forecast on the potential floods. This has hugely empowered the small farmers of the vulnerable communities. 2013 2014-06-13T11:41:14Z 2014-06-13T11:41:14Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38285 en Open Access application/pdf Sharma, Bharat; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Amarnath, Giriraj; Miltenburg, I. 2013. Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the Mobile Services that Empower Vulnerable Communities, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) 5th Conference on Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D), Accra, Ghana, 19-21 March 2013. 1p. |
| spellingShingle | information and communication technologies (icts) weather smallholders water resources Sharma, Bharat R. Rebelo, Lisa-Maria Amarnath, Giriraj Miltenburg, I. Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. |
| title | Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. |
| title_full | Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. |
| title_fullStr | Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. |
| title_short | Launching next generation ICT for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in Africa [Abstract only]. |
| title_sort | launching next generation ict for weather and water information and advice to smallholders in africa abstract only |
| topic | information and communication technologies (icts) weather smallholders water resources |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38285 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sharmabharatr launchingnextgenerationictforweatherandwaterinformationandadvicetosmallholdersinafricaabstractonly AT rebelolisamaria launchingnextgenerationictforweatherandwaterinformationandadvicetosmallholdersinafricaabstractonly AT amarnathgiriraj launchingnextgenerationictforweatherandwaterinformationandadvicetosmallholdersinafricaabstractonly AT miltenburgi launchingnextgenerationictforweatherandwaterinformationandadvicetosmallholdersinafricaabstractonly |