‘Unless consumers demand food produced in ways good for the environment, farmers have little incentive to adopt technologies’
How will agriculture change in the post-Covid world? Covid-19 has highlighted opportunities for improved agri-food systems – digital extension systems, increased Read more...
Flipping the script on rainfall data
In the last few hours before Covid-19 locked CGIAR centers staff into remote work, a handful of ICRISAT researchers traveled to Kenya’s Makueni County with a Read more...
From ‘ABC’ to the ‘Ds’ of agriculture – Digital, Disruption and Dissemination
Experts at the 11th ICT4D Conference called for global cooperation in digital agriculture Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) are disrupting agriculture for Read more...
Now, get critical seed data in one click
A modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool is now available for information about the quality and availability of seeds in Read more...
Digital agriculture holds great promise for agricultural development
One of the first things that occurs to me when I think about Digital Agriculture is the ICT4D conference. ICRISAT has been Read more...
‘Plantix’ now in Kannada – smartphone app helps farmers detect crop damage
Farmers across Karnataka in India will now be able to combat crop diseases with the touch of a screen. Plantix, an Android smartphone app that can detect pests, diseases and also identify nutrient deficiencies, was launched in the local language Kannada on Monday.
Joining hands with the biggest rural bank to make agriculture more efficient and climate smart
India’s apex rural bank and the international crops research institute explored science-driven digital technology options to transform the rural sector. In a Read more...
Highlights from the Governing Board Meeting – A call for strategic investments
Innovative ways of improving the livelihoods of dryland farm families in Africa and Asia through strategic investments in research was the theme Read more...
GOBII Annual Meeting
The Genomic Open-source Breeding Informatics Initiative works closely with CG Centers to develop open-source computational infrastructure and analysis capabilities, enabling the implementation of genomic and marker Read more...
Tools to facilitate analysis of geospatial and remote sensing data in Nigeria
Remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) tools are being introduced to facilitate editing, processing and analyzing geospatial data. A multidisciplinary team Read more...