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Transforming Agriculture Through Smart Farming: From Data Ownership to Open Data

October 15, 2020  |  big data, data ownership, digital agriculture, open data, remote sensing, satellite monitoring, smart farming

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A Carbon-Zero Future: Agriculture’s Role in Mitigating Climate Change

October 12, 2020  |  agriculture, carbon capture, carbon markets, carbon sequestration, climate change, Climate-smart agriculture, digital agriculture

Liam Condon, member of the Board of Management for Bayer AG and President of the Crop Science Division Read More

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How Livestock are Improving Women’s Livelihoods in Eastern Africa

September 30, 2020  |  Farm Africa, goats, livestock

Meron Yomcwiny, Project Coordinator at Farm Africa Read More

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Building Nutrition Resilience in the Covid-19 Era

September 17, 2020  |  biofortification, coronavirus, COVID-19, food security, food systems, nutrition resilience, nutrition security, resilience

Lynn Brown, Director of Alliances and Policy at HarvestPlus Read More

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Harnessing Digital Tools for Climate and Agriculture

August 11, 2020  |  agriculture, climate change, digital agriculture, digital tools, farming, mobile phones, SMS

J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) Read More

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Digital Agriculture: Strengthening Food Systems Through the Pandemic and Beyond

July 28, 2020  |  agriculture, agtech, COVID-19, digital, digitalisation, food systems, precision ag, precision agriculture

Robynne Anderson, President of Emerging Ag Inc Read More

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