The “Girls in ICT” Programme, a project that seeks to increase the number of girls studying ICT at all levels of education system in Ghana was launched in Accra on Tuesday.
The programme also seeks to within a few years, establish a substantive number of competent women ICT professionals holding jobs at all levels in the ICT sector as well as setting up their own ICT businesses to create jobs and reduce unemployment.
Saudi Arabia is investing in agricultural land in Africa as the state’s local crop production diminish.
Saudi Arabia has a major problem with water scarcity and only 1% of its land is suitable for agriculture.
Indigenous weather forecasting techniques, practised by traditional rainmakers in the Banyore community in western Kenya, are helping scientists in Kenya to develop more reliable systems for predicting the weather. Based on a combination of natural phenomena, the Nganyi clan give advice on optimal planting dates. By noting the migration and behaviour of certain birds, insects and reptiles, and the flowering of certain trees and other plants, the Nganyi predict rain or drought. In addition, by gauging the strength and direction of winds, they are able to forecast whether rain from Lake Victoria is likely or not.
The fact that the Nganyi are reputed for the accuracy of their forecasts has prompted scientists at the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) to work with them in a project that will be expanded nationwide. The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) is also collaborating with KMD in this project.
Accordingly, “North Africa must equip itself with economic structures that provide the young with more job prospects. This entails steps to encourage diversification of existing sectors and the creation of more value added within countries to sustain the creation of good-quality jobs on a large scale,” says Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre.
Source: African Development Bank
Farmers in Kenya can now predict their crop yields using a web-based application that gives them access to statistics on soil fertility, required fertilisers and expected crop diseases.
Mudgee native Madeleine Hamilton is officially a Young Farming Champion after being selected as one of 12 people to represent and promote Australia’s agriculture industry through Art4Agriculture.
The Young Farming Champions are a network of young people dedicated to sharing the positive stories of the industry and to bridging the gap between urban and rural communities through education.
Very few co-operatives are successful in giving the comprehensive support needed under the current deregulated market regime
WHY is it that so-called emerging farmers do not emerge? Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has said many times that previously disadvantaged farmers cannot keep on "emerging" and so has changed the terminology in our policy debate to "resource-poor, small-scale farmers".
OLDS, ALBERTA- JULY 5, 2012
Over 35 participants aged 12-21 took part in an Olds College venue sponsored Agriculture: Is a Bright Idea Conference in June. This event was hosted by the Agriculture Youth Engagement Foundation and featured an impressive full-day interactive seminar and lineup of keynote speakers. “It’s unique in that the conference is designed by youth for youth to help their careers go forward” explains Ellen Hondl, Chair of the Foundation. An upwards of 70 observers were present including over 20 sponsors and other long-standing College supporters and industry leaders.
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