India to Triple Number of Farmers Using Mobile Phones to Get Weather and Market Data | CCAFS: CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

India to Triple Number of Farmers Using Mobile Phones to Get Weather and Market Data | CCAFS: CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Women as drivers of positive change

Women as drivers of positive change

Women as drivers of positive change

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Engendering bigger impact: making the other half count

Engendering bigger impact: making the other half count

Mobile phones helping farmers make better decisions

Mobile phones helping farmers make better decisions The use of phones are enormous with various add-ons everyday,the use of various apps just expands the scope of use dramatically. Farmers are getting real time information on animal health and production. Join the train: text vet to 35818 .

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DATAMATICS IS THE KEY TO THE FUTURE.

DATAMATICS IS THE KEY TO THE FUTURE.

  Data simply refers to processed information that is useful and accessible at any given time.

Information that are analyzed to produce data could come in various forms such as  names, dates of birth, age, weight,location, blood group,occupation e.t.c.

Information can be generated from profiles,phone records,history and hobbies.These can then be sorted, analyzed,categorized and the resultant data used to proffer solutions in desperate cases,like war-torn areas, places affected by diseases.

 The data generated from information on phone usage in communities in Africa has help the world food program to fashion out how to get supplies to hungry communities.

This is done by accessing how much is spent on calls,how often they recharge and the number within a particular radius that has access to phones.This has been a major method to support hungry families.