Caribbean Specific Agriculture App to Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
Fecha de publicación
17-05-2023Autor
Rampersaud, Richard
McNeil, Laura
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Caribbean Climate Responsive Agriculture Forum (CCRAF)
Programa de Acción Climática y Sostenibilidad Agropecuaria (PACSA)
Caribbean Soil-Centric Actions
Living Soils of the Americas
EbA Project - Strengthening Coastal and Marine Climate Resilience through Upland and Coastal Ecosystem Based Adaptation and Community Engagement
Carib Farm
United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
UNOSSC Project - Building bridges of knowledge in LAC_South-South exchange of experiences to strengthen resilience and adaptation of food systems facing climate change
International Network of Innovative Partners for Sustainable Intelligent Systems (Inipsis Ltd.) - Trinidad y Tobago
International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF)
Editor
Gregoire Carai, Nekelia
St. Martin, Chaney
Vincennes, Marie-Edith
Gourmelen, Noémie
Martel, Mariana
Ubicación
Dominica
Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible
ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura
ODS 11 - Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
ODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
ODS 13 - Acción por el clima
Tipo
Seminario web
Metadatos
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Guest speakers: Mr. Richard Rampersaud, Agribusiness Specialist, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) - Trinidad & Tobago, Ms. Laura MacNeil, Founder of CaribFarm, CaribFarm - Canada
Resumen
Mr. Richard Rampersaud, Agribusiness Specialist at IICA Delegation in Trinidad & Tobago presents the FARMVUE App which digitally records and easily monitors all aspects of a farm. Mr. Rampersaud explains the reason why the app was developed for Caribbean farmers, its value and benefits to farmers, some of the key features of the app as well as the plans for the app. Ms. Laura MacNeil, Founder of CaribFarm presents the FarmerCommunity App which seeks to provide free and readily accessible information that will support positive and measurable impact in the lives of small-scale farmers throughout the Caribbean. This app is geared towards providing farmers access to sustainable farming methods directly from agriculture experts and other farmers.
Palabras clave
Adaptación||adaptation||adaptação||adaptation, Adaptación al cambio climático||climate change adaptation||adaptation aux changements climatiques, Mitigación del cambio climático||climate change mitigation||atténuation des effets du changement climatique, Política ambiental||environmental policies||política ambiental||politique de l'environnement, Diseño de proyectos||project design||design de projectos||conception de projet, Proyectos de desarrollo||development projects||projecto de desenvolvimento||projet de développement, Agricultura sostenible||sustainable agriculture||agricultura sustentável||agriculture durable, agricultura climáticamente inteligente||climate-smart agriculture||agriculture intelligente face au climat, Ingeniería agrícola||agricultural engineering||Engenharia agrícola||génie agricole, Aplicaciones del ordenador||computer applications||aplicação de computador||application des ordinateurs, Sistemas de información||information systems||sistema de informação||système d'information, Sistemas de apoyo a las decisiones||decision support systems||système d'aide à la décision, Caribe||Caribbean||Caraíbas||Caraïbes, 4864-00, Trinidad y Tabago||Trinidad and Tobago||Trinidad e Tobago||Trinité-et-Tobago, Programas de Cooperación Técnica,
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Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
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