What is ARDYIS?ARDYIS is a framework of actions which aims to raise the capacity and opportunities of youth in agriculture through ICTs in ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific). Its key activities include the Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition (YoBloCo Awards) and the AgriHack Talent initiative. News (155)
Monday, 29 July 2013 09:26
Internship opportunity at CTA: Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) ProgrammeThe Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), an international organization based in Wageningen, The Netherlands, has an opening for an intern for a period of 6 months, renewable only once. The intern will work as a member of the CTA “Policies, Markets and ICTs” Team. CTA’s mandate puts emphasis on facilitating access, exchange and dissemination of information in the fields of agriculture and rural development. The “Policies, Markets and ICTs” (PMI) Programme and its ICT for ARD sub-Programme play a critical role in the realization of the above.
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013 09:25
ARDYIS Web 2.0 Training and Exchange Workshop in the Caribbean
Venue: University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados Date and Time: 27 - 31 July 2013 (09:00 – 17:00)
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Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:17
The Youth Agro Environmental Initiative wins Google Innovation Awards at Connected Kenya 2013!The Google Innovation Awards 2013 (Agriculture Innovation category) went to the Youth Agro Environmental initiative, a Kenyan firm that runs a campaign focused on bringing youth back to agriculture. The winners were announced yesterday at the Connected Kenya Summit in Mombassa.
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Wednesday, 29 May 2013 12:52
Supporting Youth innovations and entrepreneurshipWant to get involved and be one our partners?
Download the ARDYIS leaflet describing our activities on ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship in agriculture for more information!
Click here to download: Supporting youth-led ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in Agriculture
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Monday, 20 May 2013 08:03
Internship Opportunity at CTA - Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development
During the period 2009-2013, CTA successfully implemented a series of training events known as Web 2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunities in 23 ACP (Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific) countries. This resulted in approximately 2200 trained people, 38% of whom women. Feedback from beneficiaries (individuals and institutions) has been extremely positive. In May 2013 the project was awarded the WSIS Project Prize 2013 in the category e-agriculture.
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 05:31
E-discussion: Challenging the perception among Pacific youths that farming is not a worthy careerUNDP/ SPC-LRD Press Release, 11 April 2013 – [Pacific Islands]
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 07:52
CTA Announces ACP media competition on ICTs for agricultureBackgroundCo-hosted by CTA and the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) and supported by an impressive array of international organisations, the international conference ICT4ag offers participants the opportunity to discover exciting opportunities and cutting edge technologies. Representing the public and private sector in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific and further afield, delegates will discuss how increased investment and adoption of ICTs in the agricultural sector will contribute to improved value chains as well as more effective advocacy and policy processes in agricultural and rural development. In addition, they will share ideas and knowledge, discuss new approaches, best practices and experiences. Issues related to ICT trends and their impact on agriculture, capacity building, enabling environments, scaling up and sustainability will also be discussed. For more information, see: http://www.ict4ag.org.
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Tuesday, 09 April 2013 08:30
Launching the SOFIA Project, 10-12 April 2013, SwazilandICTs have proved to be effective tools in stimulating young people’s interest in agriculture. The added value of these technologies for youth in agriculture lies at least at three levels: ICTs offer new marketing tools to enhance more than in the past (youth-led) agricultural businesses; ICTs help promote agricultural interest and opportunities for youth, and finally, they bring about new jobs linked to agricultural software and ICT-based agribusinesses (mobile applications (mAgri), market information systems, etc).
Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:51
ICT4Ag - the digital springboard for inclusive agriculture, 4-8 November, 2013, Kigali, RwandaGoodluck is a 35 year old progressive farmer. He starts his day early checking his smartphone for the latest news on the weather, the crops he grows and on any policy developments that may concern his business and the cooperative he is a member of.
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Sunday, 24 February 2013 09:11
The Web2.0 and Social Media big bangSince CTA held its first Web2.0 training event in Nairobi, Kenya in 2009, demand has simply exploded. Between 2009 and 2012, 1,684 people from around the ACP regions were trained. In 2012 alone, 695 people from 32 countries took part in 31 learning events, branded as “Web 2.0 and Social Media Learning Opportunities”, two of which were offered online through a partnership with UNITAR and FAO. This represents a 509% increase in participation on 2009!
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