Sep 1st, 2010 by pstraore
Some time back, we argued against top‐down approaches. But we also said that fruitful knowledge exchange was a two‐way street. Confused? Clarification: Roots for Relevance. Stars to Scale up.
We want STRONG ROOTS to grow from the bottom up. Like Honorables Mamadou Simpara and Sounkoutoun Sissoko, MPs for Banamba and Diema Districts, Mali. They will champion VHRI for smallholders in the October session of the Malian Parliament. Like Lassi Dembélé, Counselor to the Mayor, Sukumba. He catalyzes village assemblies like no one. Like Mamadou Doumbia, Head of the Soil‐Water‐Plant Lab, IER. Against the odds, he nurtured the unconventional SotubaGIS adventure inside IER since 2000. Continue Reading »
Tags: Seeing is Believing (SIBWA)
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Jun 21st, 2010 by Francesca Pelloni
by Nadia Manning-Thomas
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there”
These wise words were spoken to Alice by the Cheshire Cat when she was trying to move around in Wonderland, but serve as a good addage to many of us when we are thinking about the future.
For the Consortium for Spatial Information (CSI) of the CGIAR as well as more than 80 people from over 60 organisations all involved and interested in geospatial activities in agriculture, the 2nd Africa Agriculture Geospatial Week (AAGW10) gave them an opportunity to come together, share ideas, information and experiences and to ‘map’ out their future contribution to agricultural research and development. Continue Reading »
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Jun 21st, 2010 by Francesca Pelloni
by Nadia Manning-Thomas
“Maps are cognitive guides. They locate us, helping us to figure out where we are now in relation to where we’ve been, and to plan where we’re going.”
The quote above is from the book “Outcome Mapping: Building learning and reflection into development programs, by Sarah Earl, Fred Carden and Terry Smutylo” and fits well with this post on awards at the 2nd Africa Agriculture Geospatial Week. In the Outcome Mapping approach, an approach which has been used by the CGIAR ICT-KM program to direct and monitor its activities towards impact, we learn about a new way to think of achievements and success . Rather than a narrow focus on metrics and figures, this approach encourages a focus on one specific type of result: outcomes as behavioural change. Continue Reading »
Tags: AAGW10, Africa Agriculture Geospatial Week, CGIAR-CSI
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Jun 11th, 2010 by Francesca Pelloni
Kenya’s agriculture minister opens Africa Agriculture Geospatial Week and calls for efforts to take geospatial information to the ‘last mile’ Continue Reading »
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Jun 9th, 2010 by Francesca Pelloni
You couldn’t make it to Nairobi but are interested in following the Africa Agriculture GIS Week?
Here is the link to live broadcasting of the presentations:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ilri-headquarters
Check the agenda of the week here to find out what is on air..
Follow us on Twitter #AAGW10 and now on Ustream…
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On the first day (Tuesday 8th June 2010) of the 2nd Africa Agriculture Geospatial Week, the afternoon was devoted to looking at the AgCommons project and the launching of its new platform. Continue Reading »
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Jun 7th, 2010 by enrica porcari
Experts Meet in Nairobi to Explore How Smallholder Farmers across Africa Can Benefit from High-Tech Geospatial Mapping Technologies.
Geospatial experts from the world’s largest alliance of agricultural research centers (CGIAR) will gather in Nairobi from 8-12 June Continue Reading »
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Jun 7th, 2010 by Francesca Pelloni
Collaborative GIS Web Applications Will Help Agricultural Researchers Make African Farmers More Productive and Profitable Continue Reading »
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May 31st, 2010 by Francesca Pelloni
Training sessions from OpenStreetMap and aWhere have been included in the program of the Africa Agriculture GIS Week 2010. The Training Day will take place on Friday 11 June and will include sessions from ESRI, Google, OpenStreetMap and aWhere. Continue Reading »
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May 25th, 2010 by Francesca Pelloni
Countdown started for the Africa Agriculture GIS week (AAGW) 2010: entitled ‘Taking a closer look at the role of spatial information and analysis in supporting improved agricultural research and development’, it will take place in Nairobi from 8 to 12 June, 2010, on the campus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) with this tentative agenda. Continue Reading »
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Some time back, we argued against top‐down approaches. But we also said that fruitful knowledge exchange was a two‐way street. Confused? Clarification: Roots for Relevance. Stars to Scale up.
