M-Agriculture: How ICT is Being Used to Increase the Productivity of Poor Farmers by Judy Payne, USAID’s ICT Advisor for Agriculture in Africa.
Judy Payne will cover some promising business models, some related investments by the private sector, and how the Gates/USAID mFarmer Initiative is progressing.
Where and when :
E Street x Leon G. Damas, Fann Residence
Close to DHL / Corniche
Dakar, Senegal
Monday, 4 June 2012 from 17:30 to 20:00 (GMT)
Français :
M-Agriculture: Comment les TIC sont utilisées pour augmenter la productivité des agriculteurs pauvres par Judy Payne, Conseillère en Matière de TICs pour l’Agriculture en Afrique à l’USAID
Judy Payne va couvrir certains modèles d’affaires prometteurs, certains investissements liés par le secteur privé, et comment l’Initiative Gates / USAID mFarmer progresse.
Location:
This event will take place at WARC, near DHL / Corniche.
Program:
17.30 Setup
18.00 Presentation by Judy Payne, with introduction from Levi R. Smylie, Economic Officer, Embassy of the United States
18.45 Question and answer session, moderated by Christelle Scharff
19.30 Refreshments
20.00 Meeting ends
In keeping with MoMo tradition, this event is informal and attendees are encouraged to relax and network.
Thank you to our sponsor Djanoa, Cloud SMS Messaging, http://djanoa.com
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