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Smartphones boost Latin American farmers in fight against climate change
by Thin Lei Win | @thinink | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Monday, 12 February 2018 18:51 GMT
"They don't know if it's going to rain other than by looking out of the window"
By Thin Lei Win
ROME, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Armed with smartphones, thousands of smallholder farmers across Latin America are set to benefit from a technology boost that will help them deal better with the effects of climate change.
A three-year agreement will see farmers receive vital information such as weather forecasts and early warnings via their smartphones, as well as online training and equipment to help improve water usage.
"There are 70 countries in the world today that have no access to weather information," said José Graziano da Silva, director general of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
He was speaking after signing the agreement on Monday with Spain's Telefónica SA, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies.
More:
http://news.trust.org/item/20180212185156-6dpih/
