US-based GeoPoll has partnered with agricultural inspection and safety service provider Control Union to utilise mobile surveys to engage and educate smallholder farmers in Africa
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Africa uses open data to protect crops and fight Ebola
As mobile phones and improved connectivity spread across the world, open data is gaining its importance to solve issues from mapping Ebola to protecting banana crops in Africa, according to a report by Open Data Institute
Nutriad launches new website
Belgium-based Nutriad has set-up a corporate website enabling customers to be kept informed about market trends, feed additives and to resolve other queries they may have
Web tool tracks agricultural investments in Africa
The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System - Eastern and Central Africa (ReSAKSS-ECA) has launched a new web tool to track investments made for African agriculture
Tanzanian farmers to benefit from weather station technology
The Tea Research Institute of Tanzania (TRIT) in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will install automatic weather stations in all tea growing regions of Tanzania