Creating a better future for farmers in the Caribbean
“CTA has been like a godfather to us,” says Jethro Greene, director of the Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFaN). “It has funded many of our activities since the early days, and we would never have...
View ArticleChallenges and solutions on display at Plug and Play Day
Helping ICT developers to understand the real problems faced by farmers and other players in the agricultural value chain is crucial if the applications they design are to have any real impact. A side...
View ArticleMadagascar and beyond - Plug and Play Day
An app developed to promote market linkage between producers and buyers in Madagascar may be adapted for use in a range of other geographical settings. Rural eMarket, which can be used on smartphones,...
View ArticlePlug and Play Day showcases ICT4Ag innovations
This was never going to be like any other event to support agriculture and rural development. With not a PowerPoint presentation in sight, the CTA Plug and Play Day invited audience members to get up...
View ArticleCrowdfunding offers kickstart for hackathon champions
As a young man growing up in a farming household in rural Uganda, Opio Obwangamoi David often asked himself a question:"How could agriculture, a sector that employs 80 per cent of Uganda's population...
View ArticleFarmer finance tool sparks investor interest
A Kenyan ICT4Ag application showcased at the regional finals of the CTA Agrihack Championship has proved a winning idea, with commercial potential.
View ArticleHackathon launches apps for agriculture
Poor access to credit and savings, uncertainty about which fertiliser to use, difficulties in attracting capital and ensuring efficient farm management – these are some of the most intractable problems...
View ArticleA boost for women’s access to ICTs
Knowledge sharing could not be more important to the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET). This NGO, a longstanding partner of CTA, was set up in 2000 with the goal of promoting the use of ICTs by women...
View ArticleICM - Communicate, communicate, communicate!
Ugandan NGO the Rural Empowerment Network (REN) offers a range of information products and services to small-scale farmers, as well as to researchers and extension agents. The overall goal is to help...
View ArticleCTA support for knowledge management
These are busy times for the CTA team, but exciting ones too. Keen to make more progress in helping ACP organisations to improve their knowledge management (KM), CTA is forging ahead with plans to make...
View ArticleManaging information for rural development
Information and communication management (ICM) remains a central pillar of CTA's work in channelling valuable information to people living in rural areas of ACP countries and enabling them to use it to...
View ArticleOrganic cocoa and agrotourism
Set on 160 hectares of land, in Grenada’s verdant northeastern parish of St Patrick, the Belmont Estate is emblematic of the benefits that agrotourism can bring. Based on the principles of organic...
View ArticleSustainable businesses for Samoan women
As an organisation dedicated to strengthening village economies in Samoa in ways that honour indigenous tradition, use traditional and modern technology and promote fair trade, Women in Business...
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Women in business - Local food
Photo credit: WIBDI Until recently, food served to tourists in much of the Caribbean and Pacific had a strong foreign influence, with hotels and restaurants often basing menus on so-called...
View ArticleEconomic opportunities for rural women
They may be thousands of kilometres apart, but the Caribbean and Pacific regions have much in common – particularly when it comes to the challenges facing rural women, and the potential that they can...
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