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Please submit a session idea, register to attend, or reserve a demo table for MERL Tech London, on March 20-21, 2018, for in-depth sharing and exploration of what’s happening across the multidisciplinary monitoring,...

Administrative areas are key to how development data, and development itself, is organized, yet in many countries, simply getting lists of the current administrative areas – provinces, regions, districts, counties,...

Do you have an idea to improve responsible manufacturing and reduce e-waste? Have you started iterating on a blockchain solution? Are you ready to quit your day job to work on Internet of Things privacy and security full-time? Then...

Human centered design isn’t a new concept. We’ve heard engineers, from aerospace to software, quietly snicker as they’ve seen the enthusiasm for design thinking explode within the social good space in recent years. “To...

In today’s world, there is no question of the power of data. Some people consider data the new gold, and even associate some of the data processes with metallurgy terminology: ‘data mining’ and ‘data...

“I am so excited about blockchain! Can you tell me what it is?” With this, Hugh McDonough opened the panel, “Blockchain for Ag: Demystified and Demarcated”, at ICTforAg 2017 and explained that blockchain is shared...

From Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to Nepal’s 2015 earthquake we are seeing time and again how mobile technology is being used to support community preparedness and disaster response activities and to maintain...

When it comes to analyzing data sets and finding insights for decision makers, we all start with Excel or Google Sheets. However, they both have serious limitations. Neither can handle “big data” and you can’t...

For farmers who do not trust or simply do not understand information technology, successful organizations must balance new technology and human interaction in agricultural extension services, as I learned at ICTforAg’s...