DatAgro
DatAgro in the press, 2009–2010
Coverage of DatAgro in Chilean, Peruvian and international media, April 2009 to December 2010. Where several outlets ran the same story, one outlet is shown.
| Date | Outlet | Story |
|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2009 | Terra | Ofrecen en Chile sistema de información al instante para Pequeños agricultores Terra reports that an instant information service for small farmers is now on offer in Chile. |
| 4 May 2009 |  | Proyecto chileno finalista en concurso mundial: celular ayuda a agricultores La Nación reports that DatAgro, an SMS service for small farmers in Chile’s O’Higgins region, was one of 15 finalists chosen from 75 projects in the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge. The article says the project belongs to DataDyne.org, a U.S. nonprofit, and is coordinated in Chile by The Zoltner Consulting Group with Cooperativa Coopeumo. |
| 12 May 2009 | Estrategia | Entrevista a Joel Selanikio Estrategia, a Chilean business daily, interviewed Joel Selanikio, co-founder of DataDyne.org. The nonprofit’s Mobile Information Platform (MIP) runs DatAgro. |
| 29 May 2009 |  | Emprendimiento tecnológico chileno obtuvo reconocimientos en Silicon Valley Radio Cooperativa reports that DatAgro, a Chilean project that sends key information to farmers’ phones, received two prizes in the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge in Silicon Valley. The article also names the Yahoo! Green Award. |
| 3 June 2009 | La Nación | Agricultores computarizados A La Nación feature from June 2009. |
| 29 September 2009 |  | DatAgro proyecta ampliar su alcance a todo el país Infoweek reports on a seven-month trial with Cooperativa Coopeumo, in which more than 11,000 text messages reached the cooperative’s farmers. John Zoltner of The Zoltner Consulting Group says the results support extending the service to other communities. |
| October 2009 | Entelpyme | Tecnología móvil para la agricultura An October 2009 item from Entelpyme on mobile technology for agriculture. |
| October 2009 | Infoweek | DatAgro tiene un real impacto en las personas Infoweek reported in October 2009 that DatAgro has a real impact on people’s lives. |
| 26 May 2010 |  | Cooperativa agrícola de O’Higgins se convierte en modelo de comunicación digital El Mostrador reports that Coopeumo, a farmers’ cooperative in Peumo celebrating more than four decades, will see its mobile communication system applied to agricultural development across the country. The cooperative aims to become a national and international model of digital connectivity for farming. |
| 2 June 2010 | El Mercurio | Tecnologías en las regiones de O’Higgins y Maule: Agricultores ahora “cultivan” mensajes de textos y comunidades virtuales El Mercurio reports on farmers in the O’Higgins and Maule regions who now use text messages and online communities. |
| June 2010 |  | Internet and mobile phone harnessed for Chilean farmers SciDev.Net reports on YoAgricultor, a farm information portal backed by Chile’s Ministry of Agriculture, which opened four virtual communities in June 2010. The article says DatAgro, a text-message service on market prices and weather alerts, will soon reach berry growers, beekeepers, winemakers and livestock organizations in southern Chile. |
| 29 July 2010 | El Mercurio | Entrevista Joel Selanikio El Mercurio interviewed Joel Selanikio, co-founder of DataDyne.org, in July 2010. |
| 8 October 2010 | MSN.cl | Postulación DatAgro a Frida 2010 MSN.cl reported DatAgro’s application for the 2010 FRIDA award. |
| 19 November 2010 |  | Tercera Conferencia Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información RPP reports that DatAgro won the FRIDA prize in the productive sector category at the Third Ministerial Conference on the Information Society, held in Lima from 21 to 23 November 2010. The article also describes the MIP platform behind DatAgro, which powers SaludMóvil, a health project in Peru. |
| 22 November 2010 | Radio RPP | Entrevista radial a John Zoltner sobre DatAgro y sistema MIP Radio RPP’s Ampliación de Noticias program interviewed John Zoltner about DatAgro and the Mobile Information Platform (MIP). |
| 9 December 2010 |  | Usarán mensajes de texto en beneficio de los agricultores El Comercio reports that the platform behind DatAgro is being adapted for farmers in Peru’s Huaral valley, through the Yaku project with the Cepes research center. If the International Development Research Centre approves funding, about 70,000 families in the Lima coastal valley would benefit. |