Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2023 Nominee

Promotion of organic Agriculture information During covid 19


Description

It's a self developed projects to assist farmers access agriculture extension services on there phones i do write articles and share them in various farmer WhatsApp groups ,Telegram groups ,twitter ,Facebook groups and individual farmers whom i get access to. I use my own airtime to do comprehensive research and provide farmers with latest technology farming updates enganging farmers in the social media ansd sometimes skype so i help farmers for free and its really interesting My big challenge and worry is how to get to he rural farmers on the ground who lacks smartp.

Project website

https://sciencecast.co.ke


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C7. E-agriculture
  • AL C9. Media 2023
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: No poverty
  • Goal 2: Zero hunger

Coverage
  • Kenya

Status

Ongoing

Start date

January 2020

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women
  • Indigenous and nomadic peoples
  • The unemployed
  • The poor
  • Remote and rural communities

WSIS values promotion

My laptop and tablet use them through social media to engange the farmers the good thing about social media is sometime you even get consultations from international farmers.


Entity name

Sciencecast

Entity country—type

Kenya Private Sector

Entity website

https://sciencecast.co.ke