Originally written on Monday, 2 December 2013 The ICT4Ag conference held in Rwanda in November 2013 was unique in that it brought together a highly representative body of delegates from the ICT and agricultural sectors. The CTA-sponsored ICT4ag conference held on 4–8 November 2013 in Kigali, Rwanda had several objectives, but the conference heading –…

Originally written on Sunday, 1 December 2013 Ben Addom, coordinator of the ‘Emerging innovations’ stream, talks about the effort to create a ‘living database’ of ICT4Ag solutions. In your article in the last issue of ICT Update you mentioned that we need to coordinate efforts to monitor the impact of applications since there are so…

Originally written on Tuesday, 1 October 2013 The conference will help to address the ‘inclusive’ component of ICT4Ag, or the idea that no one will be left out. It is imperative that emerging innovations support rather than exclude stakeholders in the agricultural sector. A vast number of ICT solutions have emerged in recent years that…