Digitisation

For most young people, getting information via the Internet is part of the daily routine. But who can guarantee that such information is of high quality, trustworthy and useable? Our authors describe how they use the…

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Digitisation

There is an increasing interest to adopt Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to provide farmers with agricultural advice. However, large levels of ICT illiteracy among farmers in developing countries are…

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Digitisation

Social protection programmes are increasingly making use of integrated IT solutions in order to register and reach beneficiaries. The benefits of these solutions and how their integration into comprehensive systems can…

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Digitisation

Empowerment comes from the capacity to make better choices. However, people can only make a sound choice if they have had access to the necessary information. This is where the GODAN initiative comes in.

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Digitisation

Nowadays, the development context would be quite inconceivable without the collection and use of large sets of data. This also raises the question how such data should be handled and protected. Our author insists that…

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Digitisation

Digital technologies no doubt hold a great potential to trigger changes in African agriculture. But the euphoria over digitisation must not eclipsethe issue of who actually benefits from new developments and whether…

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Digitisation

Ladakh, tucked between Kashmir and Tibet in the northern Trans-Himalayan region, holds 90 per cent of India’s cold arid region. Bitter winter, cold winds and extreme weather pose numerous challenges for farmers in this…

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