Emerging Voices in ICT and agriculture - CTA Publishing
Emerging Voices in ICT and agriculture - CTA Publishing
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West Africa<br />
Syecomp Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Services<br />
http://agric<strong>in</strong>ghana.wordpress.com<br />
This blog highlights issues on agricultural development<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ghana, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g policies, market<br />
access l<strong>in</strong>kages, youth <strong>in</strong> <strong>agriculture</strong>, <strong>ICT</strong> applications<br />
<strong>and</strong> fund<strong>in</strong>g opportunities. Syecomp<br />
Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Services also use the blog to promote<br />
their commercial activities.<br />
The competition was launched <strong>in</strong> July 2011 <strong>and</strong> 92 blogs were received. For the <strong>in</strong>dividual category,<br />
w<strong>in</strong>ners were selected from 15 f<strong>in</strong>alists, identified follow<strong>in</strong>g an onl<strong>in</strong>e vot<strong>in</strong>g process <strong>in</strong><br />
which more than 3,000 people participated. The YoBloCo Awards have been an excit<strong>in</strong>g experience<br />
for organisers <strong>and</strong> bloggers. Through comments on their posts <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>teractions with the<br />
public, bloggers are rais<strong>in</strong>g more awareness on agricultural challenges <strong>and</strong> encourag<strong>in</strong>g other<br />
youth’s <strong>in</strong>terest. Many bloggers are report<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>creased number of visitors as well as new<br />
collaboration opportunities.<br />
More <strong>in</strong>formation, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g other best blogs can be read on the YoBloCo Blog:<br />
http://ardyis.cta.<strong>in</strong>t/yobloco<br />
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