The Ugandan Government has launched a technology adaptation and transfer scheme where local welders are to be employed to make technology to be used in agriculture, says this recent article on AllAfrica.com. This scheme is said to have started attracting youths already.
This move, coupled with the recent independence for South Sudan and the increasingly unpredictable
According to the recent policy brief by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Agriculture, Food, and Water Nanotechnologies for the Poor, the field of nanotechnology – research and development that involves measuring and manipulating matter at the atomic, molecular and supra-molecular levels – could lead to the development of potentially revolutionary technologies across
Recent work by Economist Karl Muth shows that mobile technology is a key ingredient in building and managing the financial products farmers need in Uganda.
Smartphones equipped with a special application have enabled the largest study of Ugandan farms since 1991. One hundred and thirty workers equipped with these phones have travelled to over 5,000 farms
A new study has investigated the link between technology and life satisfaction and revealed that technology has a positive direct impact on well-being.
The research, ‘Information Dividend: Why IT makes you happier’, which was commissioned by UK-based BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, showed that information technology is fundamental to life satisfaction, particularly for women, those
The UK Government’s Foresight Programme has released an in-depth analysis of the future of land use in the UK, examining the challenges faced over the next fifty years. The study, which was carried out over two years, examines the interaction of human use of land with natural processes, highlighting agriculture as ‘probably the single most
In Mozambique, differences in rainfall contribute to higher levels of poverty in drier areas.
Poverty levels in drier regions of the country range from 67 to 85 percent, said Professor Firmino Mucavele, Director for Academic Reform and Regional Integration at Eduardo Mondlane University in a presentation of his analysis of agriculture’s true contribution to the Mozambican
