Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition’s (GODAN) chief executive André Laperrière will be joining the board of the EURAKNOS thematic network which is establishing and developing the compilation of knowledge relating to agri-food and forestry data
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About 40mn smart farming devices to be used by 2025
As innovative technologies paved the way for smart farming’s emergence in the internet of things (IoT) landscape, LPWAN supplies a range of features in terms of energy consumption and long-range transmission
Philippines prompts brown rice programme
RiceBIS Negros Agrarian Reform Cooperative (RiceBIS NARCO), Sitio Timawa Farming Association (STOFA) and Tison-Aida Farmers Association (TAFA) in Negros Occidental in the Philippines reached a number of stakeholders through the brown rice agro-enterprise day and feeding programme
FAO organises capacity building programmes for Solomon Island farmers
Farmers and farmers’ groups in Guadalcanal, Malaita and Temotu provinces in Solomon Islands have completed training on improving production and farm management practices
Indonesian delegation receives agricultural training in Taiwan
To implement the Taiwan-Indonesia collaborative project of Modern Agriculture Demo Farm in Karawang (MADFK), the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has sent a team comprising 30 farmers and officials to Taiwan for a 15-day long training