if you missed the talk, i've updated the blog post with a quick video explaining agcommons. watch it at http://change.washington.edu/2009/12/jubal-harpster-and-todd-slind-on-agcommons/
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:29, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa at gmail.com> wrote: > This Thursday at Change, Jubal Harpster and Todd Slind will be > presenting their work on AGCommons (http://www.agcommons.org). I met > Jubal and Todd in Uganda a month and turns out they work in Fremont. > AGCommons is a great idea to empower farmers and it should be a fun > talk. > > AGCommons is an Africa-based service bureau providing location > specific (geospatial) information technology services to extend the > reach and impact of existing agricultural initiatives working to > improve the productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers in > Sub-Saharan Africa. > > AGCommons is driven by three goals. First, to discover how geospatial > technology can improve farmer productivity and market access. Second, > to engage a community of interest to improve sharing and accessibility > for location-specific information and finally, to deliver high impact > solutions that provide value to the ?last 10 kilometers. > > What: Jubal Harpster and Todd Slind on AGCommons > When: Thursday, December 3 at Noon > Where: UW, Paul Allen Center, Room 403 >
