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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : My Pumpkin Story: Youth engaging in Urban Farming
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Sunday, February 02, 2014. My Pumpkin Story: Youth engaging in Urban Farming. Pumpkins are sold each between Shs500 and Shs3,000 depending on the size. Photo by Joseph Miti. Uganda is ranked among the top countries with the highest percentage of younger population include Marshall Islands and Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the research report. There are challenges with this venture as Annet explains. It is difficult to get the price worth of the pumpkins as it involves middlemen who somet...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : Turning Passion for Agriculture into Money
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Sunday, April 12, 2015. Turning Passion for Agriculture into Money. Johnbosco (Center) teaching trainees on how to neatly pair suckers for macropropagation. Meet EZEMENAKA Johnbosco, a young passionate agriculturalist based in Nigeria whose education background in Soil Science and Land Management, a Master’s degree in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development has inspired him to set up a company called AgroBosco - Agribusiness and Consulting. Plantain Pairing By Bosco. How it all began. This kind of b...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : Beauty meets Agriculture: A focus on Uganda
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. Beauty meets Agriculture: A focus on Uganda. 8220;It’s a great direction because the agriculture sector has great opportunity for jobs, so I’m simply grateful that the pageant. Took that direction and I would really love to see it promoted in our country because it is the backbone,” Leah Kalanguka. Kalanguka, Miss Uganda 2014. What is the reality? Is an eye opener. To the realities of the Ugandan population with three-quarters below the age of 30 years. 64 percent. October 201...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : 10 lessons from supporting eLearning development in the RUFORUM Network
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015. 10 lessons from supporting eLearning development in the RUFORUM Network. Participants from the University of Gezira, Ministry of Agriculture, and Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) attending the elearning training hosted at the University of Gezira. In December 2011 fifty academic staff from Kordofan University were trained in eLearning concepts and the MOODLE learning management system. From 22. March 2015 forty academic staff from the University of Gezira were also train...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : Blogs I Have Designed
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Blogs I Have Designed. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Young African Entrepreneurs competition call closes with 756 Submissions. IGNITE THE YOUTH AFRICA. Youth Empowerment in Africa. ELearning Africa News Portal. Top tweets from #eLA16. Marshall McLuhan Speaks Special Collection. Success factors for an African MOOC. Blogs I Have Designed. Turning Passion for Agriculture into Money. My Pumpkin Story: Youth engaging in Urban Farming. Inspiring Youth to e...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : Breaking through Agriculture, Meet Ugandan Young Entrepreneur
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Breaking through Agriculture, Meet Ugandan Young Entrepreneur. One of he cows nicknamed Pauline breast feeding the calf at the Doubleuse Farm. As of 1 January 2015, the population of Uganda. Was estimated to be 40,386,141 people with 48.1% of the population being in the 0-14 year-old age group, 25.1% in the 25-64 year age group and 21.5% of the total population dominated by the 15-24 year age group. Hence the increased number of youth unemployment in Uganda. 8220;Taking care...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : Passion For Creativity
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8220;Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Winfrey. 8220;…I’ve always said that most of my knowledge and skills have been learned through self-teaching, experimenting and following tutorials online. I always recommend for people to simply get stuck in and enjoy what they’re doing, and don’t worry too much about the certificates! 8221; Chris Spooner twitter website. I could not agree more with the above statements. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Johnbosco (C...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : e-Debate: Youth sustaining family farming through ICTs
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Monday, September 15, 2014. E-Debate: Youth sustaining family farming through ICTs. 2014 has been proclaimed as the International Year of Family Farming ( IYFF. Family farming includes all family-based agricultural activities, and it is linked to several areas of rural development. What are the challenges being faced by youth involved in family farming? What should be the recommendations and action points to support and encourage the use of ICTs by youth for the sustainability of family farming? Raise yo...
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Creating Impact through ICT for Agriculture : Who I Am
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Joan Apio is the Communication Officer at the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) based at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. She has a total working experience of 6 years, in the Information and Communication Technology working with universities through Higher Education and Agriculture. She is particularly interested in the use and application of ICTs particularly the use of social media towards creating impact in the agricultural sector with a focus on young pe...
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