Access to FAIR and Open Data Workshop Report.

 

Mukono District Head quarters Uganda 18th to 19th December 2018.

The Open and FAIR data local workshop was one of the CTA sponsored Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) action project. This two days’ workshop was organized by YITEDEV-Uganda with the main aim of unlocking the potential of weather, land, and nutrition data in Agriculture and Nutrition to better the food value chain in Uganda.

Web2.0 Training Report at Bishop Stuart University from 11-15 March 2019

The web2.0 training at Bishop Stuart University was conducted by Youths In Technology and Development Uganda (YITEDEV) in partnership with The Technical Centre For Agricultural and Rural Cooperation(CTA) under the sponsorship of Bishop Stuart University.

The training took place at Bishop Stuart University main campus in Mbarara from 11th-15th March 2019. The training was attended by 30 participants who comprised of: Agribusiness Incubation Hub youths, Heads of Departments, Lecturers, Government Officials and NGO managers as shown below.

You are Invited to participate in the upcoming Agritech4Dev Global Twitter Chat

TOPIC: How can we make use of web2.0 and Social Media Technologies to promote youth Agribusiness Ventures?

DATE: 11th April 2019;

TIME: 06:00pm to 07:00pm (East Africa Time); 08:00am to 09:00am(PDT); 05:00pm to 06:00pm (EET); 05:00pm to 06:00pm (CEST); 04:00pm to 05:00pm (West Africa Time); 08:30pm to 09:30pm (IST)

OFFICIAL TAGS: #Agritech4Dev; #AgribusinessUg

OFFICIAL PARTNERS MENTION: @CTAflash; @GodanSec; @BishopStuartUni; @bsu_incubator; @MastercardFdn @NetSquared; @TechSoup; @web2fordev; @YouthsInTechUg

INTRODUCTION:
Technological innovation is taking place at a breath-taking pace. Simple, open source internet-based applications and services designed to enhance on-line collaboration are now available to the wider public at little or no cost at all. These new online technologies known as Web2.0 and Social Media applications enable people to collaborate, to create, share and publish information.

According to FAO’s Rural Youth and Young Farmers report, opportunities for learning practical skills in agriculture, better rural living, and income-generating activities are extremely limited. For youth and young farmers, access to production resources, credit and employment is almost non-existent in most countries.

This Agritech4Dev Global Twitter Chat will discuss and bring to the attention of Agribusiness Entrepreneurs the availability of web2.0 technologies and how they can be utilized to promote and market a youth-led Agribusiness Venture quickly, cheaply and efficiently.

Download the Program from this LINK

Lastly, this Agritech4Dev Global Twitter Chat is Organized by Youths In Technology and Development (www.yitedev.org) and Bishop Stuart University (www.bsu.ac.ug) in collaboration with: CTA (www.cta.int); GODAN (www.godan.info); NetSquared (www.netsquared.org); Master Card Foundation (https://mastercardfdn.org/) and TechSoup Global (www.techsoup.org)

YITEDEV and KIRUCODO Exhibited Low-Cost Two-Bricks Super Clean Cooking Rocket Stoves (2BSCRS) at MUDINFO Annual Exhibition

Youths In Technology and Development Uganda (YITEDEV) and Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization (KIRUCODO) showcased their Low-Cost Two-Bricks Super Clean Cooking Rocket Stoves (2BSCRS) during Mukono District NGO Forum (MUDINFO) annual exhibition in October from 18^th -20^th October 2018 at Mukono District Headquarters. The 2BSCRS uses only three small firewood pieces to cook for 5 hours and 1kg of charcoal for 15 hours. Below is how it looked like in photos.

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