From 4 to 8 November 2013, CTA and the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), Rwanda, will organize an international conference on ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) in Kigali.

This event will examine how ICTs are truly empowering producers and consumers along the entire value chain. It will showcase the exciting possibilities and incredible developments taking place in this area. In line with CTA’s strategy, the ICT4Ag conference will promote the application of ICTs in the agricultural sector with particular emphasis on value chains, advocacy and policy development.

One of the key activities planned to run in parallel to the conference is a pilot hackathon,focused on the agricultural sector.

The objectives are to: ? showcase the potentials of ICT applications in agriculture at the ICT4Ag conference? ? support the development of ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in agriculture. This activity will also contribute to promoting open data for agriculture, to supporting ICT innovation centres and to youth entrepreneurship in agriculture. Indeed, this will not be a oneshot event that will end with the closing ceremony and site visits of the ICT4Ag Conference. It is conceived as an event with followup, which will be facilitated by notably by CTA. The involvement of other national and international institutions in posthackathon activities is being explored.

The event is dubbed Agrihackathon Championship. It is different from a traditional hackathon. It takes the form of a regional tournament and Finals will take place in Kigali during the ICT4Ag international conference in Kigali from 4 to 07 November 2013.

This is event will be live streamed on kLab website live.