Download or read book ICT4Ag start ups Building a Better E Agribusiness written by CTA and published by CTA. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spore Magazine 189: ICT4Ag start-ups: Building a Better E-Agribusiness The recent boom in ag-tech start-ups has helped to further agricultural transformation and improve farmers’ access to valuable ICT-enabled services. But to continue this progress it is pertinent that entrepreneurs design sustainable business models. SPORE is the quarterly magazine of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), offering a global perspective on agribusiness and sustainable agriculture. CTA operates under the Cotonou Agreement between the countries of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group and the European Union and is financed by the EU.

Download or read book ICT Update no 83 written by and published by CTA. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying email newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses youth e-agriculture entrepreneurship.

Download or read book Why Invest in ICTs for agriculture written by Tetteh Kwasi Nuer, Alexander and published by CTA. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the ability to reach many farmers with timely and accessible content, the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for agriculture (ICT4Ag) has the potential to transform farming and food production, worldwide. ICT4Ag supports new methods in the monitoring and management of soils, plants and livestock (precision agriculture), access to online markets, and improved communication between value chain stakeholders, among others. The services provided are vital in connecting farmers with the information they need to improve their agricultural productivity and reduce poverty. Through case studies and examples of ICT4Ag initiatives from across Asia, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa, the first chapter looks at how ICT4Ag actually works to drive economic development across developing economies.

Download or read book ICT4Ag ICT Update 79 written by and published by CTA. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying email newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses on data revolution for agriculture.

Download or read book ICT Update no 85 written by CTA and published by CTA. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ICT Update and on websites such as ICT4Ag, CTA has covered the explosive growth and proliferation of digital and mobile phone technologies for agriculture. Now CTA takes the next step with developing the Apps4Ag database, a comprehensive, up-to-date and responsive database of ICTs including mobile, web, animation, audio, and video applications involved in the food value chains.

Download or read book ICT4Ag ICT Update 76 written by CTA and published by CTA. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on-line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying e-mail newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses on agricultural mobile finance.

Download or read book ICT4Ag ICT Update 81 written by and published by CTA. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying email newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses on online communities.

Download or read book Food Technology Disruptions written by Charis M. Galanakis and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food Technology Disruptions covers the latest disruptions in the food industry, such as the Internet of Things, digital technologies, modern applications like 3D printing, bacterial sensors in food packaging, electronic noses for food authentication, and artificial intelligence. With additional discussions on innovative distribution and delivery of food and consumer acceptance of food disruptions, this book is an essential resource for food scientists, technologists, engineers, agriculturalists, chemists, product developers, researchers, academics and professionals working in the food industry. While innovations play an important role in food production, disruptive technologies are a revolutionary type of innovation that can displace an established technology and shake up the industry...or create a completely new industry. Currently, digital technologies and smart applications lead innovations in the food sector in order to optimize the food supply chain and to develop and deliver tailor-made food products to consumers with new eating habits. - Covers digital technologies in agriculture, food production and food processing, modern eating habits, personalized nutrition, and relevant innovative food products - Brings alternative protein sources, novel functional foods and artificial meat - Discusses the Internet of Things, digital technologies and modern applications like 3D printing, smart packaging and smart food distribution

Download or read book ICT4Ag ICT Update 80 written by and published by CTA. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying email newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses on mobile technologies.

Download or read book An ICT agripreneurship guide written by CTA and published by CTA. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides a step-by-step roadmap designed to equip aspiring ICT entrepreneurs, with the information and knowledge they need to start an ICT-based business in the agricultural sector, outlining key opportunities and challenges that will be encountered along the way. Using real-life examples, it provides strategies and pathways for averting common mistakes faced by early-stage entrepreneurs. Topics covered include agricultural value chains and their stakeholders, ICT business challenges, effective business plans and models for designing, funding and scaling ventures.

Download or read book ICT4Ag ICT Update 75 written by CTA and published by CTA. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on-line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying e-mail newsletter published by CTA. The 2013 ICT4Ag conference in Rwanda was unique in that it brought together the ICT and agricultural sectors and generated a clear list of action points for the community.

Download or read book ICT Update 92 Reflections on digitalisation written by CTA and published by CTA. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this issue, we reflect back on almost 20 years of ICT Update (nearly 100 issues). ICT Update’s objective has always been to capture contemporary developments in ICTs for agriculture; the trends, latest technologies and stories from the field. By looking back, we can see significant changes in the ICT4Ag landscape, and draw lessons on how to move forward and address ongoing challenges for inclusion, adoption and innovation. This issue highlights three of ICT Update’s recurring themes: learning; barriers for inclusion and adoption of ICTs; and innovation and entrepreneurship.

Download or read book Agro industries for Development written by Carlos A. Da Silva and published by CABI. This book was released on 2009 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of competitive agro-industries is crucial for creating employment and income opportunities as well as enhancing the quality of and demand for farm products. Agro-industries can have a real effect on international development by increasing economic growth and reducing poverty in both rural and urban areas of developing countries. However, in order to avoid adverse effects to vulnerable countries and people, sound policies and strategies for fostering agro-industries are needed. Agro-Industries for Development highlights the current status and future course for agro-industries and brings attention to the contributions this sector can make to international development. The book includes contributions from agro-industry specialists, academic experts and UN technical agencies, chapters address the strategies and actions required for improving agro-industrial competitiveness in ways that can create income, generate employment and fight poverty in the developing world. This book is a co-publication with FAO and UNIDO.

Download or read book ICT Update 84 English written by CTA and published by CTA. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 2016, the first Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) summit took place in New York. And in February 2017, the third international workshop on impacts with open data in agriculture and nutrition was held in The Hague, the Netherlands. Both events showed progress made to provide better access to accurate, timely information for policy-makers, farmers and private sector to shape a more sustainable agriculture future.

Download or read book ICT4Ag ICT Update 78 written by and published by CTA. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT4Ag is a bimonthly printed and on-line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying e-mail newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses on building resilience for family farming.

Download or read book ICT4Ag ICT Update 77 written by and published by CTA. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Update is a bimonthly printed and on-line magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) and an accompanying e-mail newsletter published by CTA. This issue focuses on linking the farmers to markets.

Download or read book Lessons for sustainability written by Shepherd, A. and published by CTA. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICTs have undoubted potential to boost agricultural production and value chains in ACP countries. But many efforts to introduce ICTs for this purpose have not been sustainable. What can we learn from their experiences? The stories in this booklet stress the importance of understanding the intended users, ensuring economic viability, fully promoting the service, and making sure the technology offered is the right solution to the problem.