Posted in EVENTS on Jun 21st, 2010
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) [...]
Posted in EVENTS on Jun 21st, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in EVENTS on Jun 9th, 2010
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…
Posted in EVENTS on Jun 9th, 2010
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.
Posted in EVENTS on Jun 7th, 2010
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
Posted in EVENTS on Jun 7th, 2010
Collaborative GIS Web Applications Will Help Agricultural Researchers Make African Farmers More Productive and Profitable
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.
Posted in EVENTS on Apr 27th, 2010
Registrations opened today for the training day at the Africa Agriculture GIS Week 2010 that will be held in Nairobi 8-11 June 2010.
The training day will take place on Friday 11 June at the ILRI Campus in Nairobi, Kenya.
The program of the day includes parallel training sessions from ESRI and Google.
From 8 -12 June 2010 the Consortium for Spatial Information (CSI) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), AGCommons, HarvestChoice and other partners are jointly organizing the second Africa Agriculture GIS Week to be held at the ILRI Campus in Nairobi. We are looking for experiences to be shared and innovative ideas and in the field [...]
Posted in EVENTS on Nov 2nd, 2009
WhereCampAfrica was attended by over 40 people with many more visiting throughout the day. Software developers from Appfrica Labs, the Development Seed, Grameen App Labs and DM Solutions mixed with students, GIS professionals, and government agencies.
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