1ST INTER-REGIONAL
SMART AGRICULTURE FORUM
24-26 September 2018
Khartoum, Republic of Sudan
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We are living in the era of e-transformation being driven by the emergence of
many new
concepts related to ICT & internet development, like:
Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT)…etc.
Since its advent, the IoT has connected many devices, making life easier
and more convenient.
Many studies predict that, by 2020, the number
of connected devices and objects will reach 50 billion. Accordingly,
it seems that the future will be for the Internet of Things technology
based on the declarations to provide significant benefits for humanity.
Because of this revolutionary smart technology, a smooth transformation from traditional agricultural methods to a modern agriculture is becoming a reality. With IoT technologies, farmers can remotely monitor their crop and equipment by phones and computers. They will be able to reduce waste and enhance productivity. But, with positive impact on agriculture and the environment.
Indeed, Smart Agriculture or Smart Farming based on the applications and solutions of the Internet of Things and any other new technologies are mentioning ground with innovative and promoting features towards the agricultural sustainability and the food security.
REGISTER NOW"Worldwide, the Agriculture development is deemed as the most powerful tool to end poverty and to pr"ovide job opportunities. Research analysis conducted by the World Bank has found that about 65% of poor working adults in the rural areas derive their livelihoods from agriculture (2016) and that Agriculture is also crucial to economic growth: in 2014, it accounted for one-third of global gross-domestic product (GDP).
But, Agriculture is facing globally and especially in the Arab and African regions too many Constraint issues and challenges such as climate change, water crises and shortages with a heavy negative impact on food safety & security in the two regions in spite of efforts of many enablers to achieve the sustainable agricultural development.
It is clear that we cannot deal effectively with all these issues with the traditional and already available solutions. What is needed at this level is a serious review of the agricultural situation within the two regions and to find out new and sustainable ways for development.
The 1st Inter-Regional Smart Agriculture Forum aims to initiate an Inter-Regional dialogue about the IoT and new technology trends by gathering high level personalities from the Arab, African regions and Internationally to :
Based on its model as a Multi-Stakeholder event, the delegates for the Forum will include high level governments officials, (Ministers, Deputy Ministers, decision makers) representing Ministries of Agriculture and environment, Ministries of Communication and Information Technologies, IoT solutions & services providers and telecom operators in Arab and African regions amongst international specialized organizations and international experts.
We expect an active participation of regional and international ICT experts and ICT practitioners from:
The two-day international forum"1stInterregional Smart Agriculture Forum" will be divided into sessions/panels dealing with the Smart agriculture and Smart technologies both on regulatory and technical aspects.
The working language will be Arabic, English and French (With the availability of a 3 languages translation)
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