FAO’s team responsible for AGRIS are delighted to announce the launch of AGRIS 2.0 on Tuesday 13 June. This new and improved version of AGRIS, which boasts significant changes to the user interface as well as to the information technology (IT) architecture underpinning the database, will benefit both users and data providers. Incorporating a more user-friendly search interface that makes searching for bibliographic references (records) in the database easier, more intuitive and less time consuming, the database itself is founded on a more flexible and adaptive IT architectur
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 00:00
The "Guide on digital agricultural extension and advisory services – Use of smartphone applications by smallholder farmers" was recently published by FAO. Taking into consideration that the smartphone has become an emerging digital tool for smallholder farmers to access digital EAS, FAO developed this guide to support farmer training on digital literacy through which smallholder farmers can gain essential skills to access digital EAS via smartphone.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 00:00
CARI FIELD DAY Rice is the main staple crop with about 86% of the farmers growing it. Cassava is often intermixed with rice in upland areas. Coffee, cocoa and sugarcane are important cash crops. Social and cultural values are linked to cash (cash requirement for rites such as deaths, marriage, sacrifices,...). It explains that economic farming activities are directed towards those lucrative crops. Self sufficiency in rice production has, for several years, been a major policy goal of the Liberian government.
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 00:00