I just published the article on my blog but i thought it wise to share with you on this platform. Trust me this will be an interesting and educative discussion if we avail ourselves.
Original story: https://kalusam.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/e-agriculture-update-block-chain-use-in-agriculture-agblockchain/
The e-Agriculture Team is inviting interested person to a Twitter chat on "The use of blockchain for Agriculture" which will be held on Twitter
The following are the details:-
Date : Tuesday 27 February 2018
Time : 11:00 to 18:00 (CEST) (Time convertor)
Hashtag: #AgBlockchain
Blockchain technology
The blockchain became popular and permeated most sectors and saw the increasing application of cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin.
Blockchain technology is basically a decentralized record-keeping system that allows global citizens worldwide to share a digital ledger to track transactions through a network of computers. This happens with no need for a centralized control and its main advantage is that it is secure and provides instant verification.
Within agriculture, and indeed in the #ICT4D, blockchain is slowly being adopted. Recently, the GSMA report, “Blockchain for Development: Emerging Opportunities for Mobile, Identity and Aid” has provided use cases of initial adoption in the developmental world.
This twitter chat seeks to highlight the possible use cases, successes and challenges of this technology and how blockchain can help achieve eliminate hunger and malnutrition.
Questions we will be addressing:
Q1. How would you define blockchain in one tweet?
Q2. What are the main benefits of blockchain brings to agricultural development?
Q3. How is blockchain currently used to fight hunger and malnutrition?
Q4. What policy issues do you think need to be addressed in blockchain adoption?
Q5. What are the challenges of using blockchain for international development?
Quick tips for Twitter chat participants
Always include the chat hashtag
Also include e-Agriculture handle @e_agriculture in your twits
Keep it short (well twitter limits you)
Reply directly for 1-on-1 conversations
Be polite and positive
Use Twitter handles in your tweets
Do not use the platform to commercially market any service. This is a non-commercial discussion
For more information ask here