South African farmers' needs of agricultural data

Defining Small-scale Farmers in the South African Context

South African agriculture is comprised of mainly two categories of farmers -the subsistence farmers in the former homeland areas and the large-scale commercial (mainly white) farmers. This is in contrast with the situation in many other countries in the world where one would find a whole range of farm sizes, ranging from the very small or subsistence farmer to the very large farmer/agribusiness...

HOPE Centre Meets Needs Of South African Community.

How can ICTs be used and appropriated to address agricultural information needs of Bangladeshi farmers?

Agricultural Technology Choices for Poor Farmers in Less-Favored Areas of South and East Asia

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Empowerment of Women Farmers for Agricultural Development

The women constitute almost half of the workforce engaged in agriculture. The rural women participate in a broad range of agricultural activities such as production, processing preservation and utilization of food. They play a key role in the entire food system starting from the selection of seeds, sowing, manuring, drying, storing and feeding the family from the harvested product. Even though ...