Please RSVP Now: Digital Development Forum Zambia
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Over the past decade, mobile Internet access has rapidly expanded across Zambia. Now, over 80% of Zambians have access to a mobile...
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Apply Now: USAID Digital Development Awards
USAID is delighted to announce the first-ever Digital Development Awards, part of the USAID Catalyst Awards.
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How Technology Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food Security
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Please Register Now: ICTforAg 2017 – New Technology for Smallholder Farmers
Please sign up to present or register to attend ICTforAg 2017 on June 23rd, at FHI 360 in Washington, DC
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Apply Now: 3.3 Million GBP for M4D Innovations in Access to Basic Utilities
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If You Are Still Collecting Data on Paper, You Are Wasting Everyone’s Time
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Can You Guess the 5 Key Traits of Sustainable ICTforAg Programs?
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Register Now: $120,000 for Civic Tech Ideas in Myanmar
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Please Help USAID Develop Responsible Data Practices for Digital Development
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Does Informed Consent Really Matter to a Poor Farmer?
One of my first tasks at IRRI is to develop a consent form we can use across our agricultural extension service tools that at a minimum will inform end-users, usually...
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