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 NEWS on Jun 11th, 2010
Kenya’s agriculture minister opens Africa Agriculture Geospatial Week and calls for efforts to take geospatial information to the ‘last mile’
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 NEWS on May 31st, 2010
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.
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.
Posted in NEWS on Mar 17th, 2010
If you’re passionate about Geographical Information Services (GIS) and how it can be applied for the benefit of agricultural development, there will be something for you at the upcoming Africa Agriculture GIS Week (AAGW) 2010. Whether you’re a seasoned professional, a student with a keen interest in the discipline, or anyone else with an enthusiasm [...]
Posted in NEWS on Feb 2nd, 2010
Our fellows spatial information specialists of the Consortium for Spatial Information (CSI): the initiative of geospatial scientists within the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR), gave a facelift to their web presence. Check it out here for information on datasets available, activities, projects…
The common interest towards the promotion of the use of Geographic Information Systems [...]
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