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Journal, magazine, bulletine-Agriculture Promising Practice: Agro Weather Tool for Climate Smart Agriculture 2018
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No results found.In order to support Kenyan farmers, the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) developed the Agro-Weather Tool. The farmers still rely heavily on traditional methods to understand weather predictions and those do not allow them to mitigate the risks brought about by climate change. The Agro-Weather Tool is a web and mobile based information system that incorporates climate information and good agricultural practices for farmers. The tool has been developed to help farmers better manage weather risks, maximize productivity and minimize the environmental impact of farming practices. In further support of the farmers in the arid and semi-arid regions ofmKenya, KALRO also developed KALRO Knowledge Hub and mobile applications. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheete-Agriculture Promising Practice: Open Data Kit: a new field data collection tool for been breeders and researchers
Improving the common been breeding process by providing accurate field trial data
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No results found.The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), through its Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) program, works in collaboration with country national programs in over 29 countries across the African continent to improve the varieties of beans available to the farmers through research. This promising practice factsheet focuses on the introduction of the Open Data Kit (ODK) in Uganda. ODK is one of the ICT platforms that have been taken up by the PABRA program. It is believed that ODK can revolutionize the way data is managed by ensuring the seamless collection, storage and analysis of data. With five key themes, (breeding, markets, nutrition, seed systems and capacity building) the operationalization of the ODK platform in Uganda in the last two years focused on working with the National Bean Program in using ODK to manage trial data aimed at releasing climate smart bean varieties that are multiple stress resistant and drought tolerant -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheete-Agriculture Promising Practice: Drones for Community Monitoring of forest
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No results found.In 1950, approximately 70% of the Panamanian territory was covered with forests, a figure that fell to 60% of the area in 2012, and which is still decreasing. Indigenous people are the main forest inhabitants and they play an invaluable role in monitoring and conserving forests, a fundamental resource for biodiversity and food security. To strengthen the natural resource management capacities of indigenous territories, FAO, with support of the UN-REDD programme, implemented a community forest-monitoring project. The project had as strong focus on capacity development of members of the indigenous communities. The training included the preparation of flight plans, arming and flying drones, image processing and mapping with high-resolution images. The main objective of the project was to identify changes in specific points of forest cover undergoing deforestation and degradation processes, to monitor the status of crops and to monitor invasions of territory. The introduction of drones made the whole process a lot easier.
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