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Thursday | 17 May 2012

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Supporting food security through remote sensing technology

16-05-2012 A new partnership looks at using remote sensing-based information and insurance for crops in emerging economies focusing on Asia's staple crop: rice. The programme is going to be implemented in most South Asian countries over a period of three years.
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Related topics: [Food] [Science and Technology] [Agriculture]

» Climate Smart Agriculture Learning Platform launched for South Asia

» IT industry in India: Women still not on top

COMMENTS

The Promise of Social Media for Humanitarian Action?

16-05-2012 In this blog post for the Harvard University's Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Jason Cone, Communications Director at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) elaborates on social media as an emerging tool for humanitarian protection.
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Related topics: [Aid] [Social Media] [Information]

» Apple: Think Different about your dirty energy

» Developing nations need to introduce ICTs more into their education strategies

SPOTLIGHT

Burkina Faso's rural women empower themselves with radio

08-05-2012 Thanks to radio debates, women in rural Burkina Faso are, for the first time, getting a more active role to play in their community. more...

Related topics: [Community Radio] [Capacity building] [Gender]

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50 years of Information Technology

15-05-2012 This brief roundup by Online IT Degree presents a timeline of information technology’s development and influence from the 1950s. It demands that the reader keep an open mind about what defines “information technology,” which today includes everything from video games to smartphones to the Internet.
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