Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The information and communication technology (ICT) sector continues to witness rapid growth and uptake of ICT equipment and services at both the national and global levels. The electricity consumption associated with this expansion is substantial, although recent adoptions of cloud-computing services, co-location data centers, and other less energy-intensive equipment and …
ICT can reduce emissions and boost economy by trillions says the new report “SMARTer2030” published by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and Accenture. Perhaps the most important societal benefit Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can bring to the world is empowerment. This is one of the key messages in a …
African economies’ prospects for long-term, sustainable growth are under threat from weakness in the core conditions necessary for competitive and productive economies, despite outwardly healthy-looking growth rates in many parts of the region, according to the African Competitiveness Report, released on June 4 in Cape Town. The biennial report, themed …
Asian countries have a unique opportunity to transform themselves and leapfrog older technologies to lead the global knowledge-based economy of the future, says a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Asia has a youthful population and large middle-class market. Its strong position in information technology-enabled services and creative …
The electricity demand of our increasingly digital economies is growing at an alarming rate. While data centre energy demand has received much attention, of greater cause for concern is the growing energy demand of billions of networked devices. This publication probes their hidden energy costs. Being connected 24/7 means these …
UAS, Bangalore in its journey of last 50 years, played a major role in developing technologies and extension methodologies that could help the sustainable development of the rural communities in Karnataka and the Global Communication Research Association (GCRA), Australia has been providing an academic forum and also seeks to encourage …
