SITIA
Encyclopedia
SITIA is an international non-profit ICT4D organization founded January 17, 1997 in Menlo Park, California.
History=
The founders of SITIA were inspired by the work of Norman Borlaug
and sought to use science and technology to address two international development goals: increasing food supplies and reducing population growth.
SITIA partnered with IFAD to create a regional information and communications network in West and Central Africa named FIDAFRIQUE.
SITIA partnered with the CGIAR to create AGRIVISTA database of agricultural data support the United Nations
"Green Revolution
."
Current Projects=
SITIA is in its third year supporting collaborative curriculum development for secondary school students on global climate change. The "Behavior Change or Climate Change" curriculum includes student led classroom units on Global Climate Change Science, Energy, Food, Transportation. Each unit includes discussions of behavior changes which are within the personal control of secondary school students and which can make a positive impact on reducing climate change. The students of Menlo-Atherton High School
won first prize from the California State Air Resources Board in "2011 Climate Generation" competition.
SITIA provides information and communications technology support for international public health work in Ethiopia, India, and Pakistan through a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
.
History=
The founders of SITIA were inspired by the work of Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution". Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal...
and sought to use science and technology to address two international development goals: increasing food supplies and reducing population growth.
SITIA partnered with IFAD to create a regional information and communications network in West and Central Africa named FIDAFRIQUE.
SITIA partnered with the CGIAR to create AGRIVISTA database of agricultural data support the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
"Green Revolution
Green Revolution
Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s, that increased agriculture production around the world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s....
."
Current Projects=
SITIA is in its third year supporting collaborative curriculum development for secondary school students on global climate change. The "Behavior Change or Climate Change" curriculum includes student led classroom units on Global Climate Change Science, Energy, Food, Transportation. Each unit includes discussions of behavior changes which are within the personal control of secondary school students and which can make a positive impact on reducing climate change. The students of Menlo-Atherton High School
Menlo-Atherton High School
Menlo-Atherton High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school located in Atherton, California which was established in 1951. Menlo-Atherton is part of the Sequoia Union High School District....
won first prize from the California State Air Resources Board in "2011 Climate Generation" competition.
SITIA provides information and communications technology support for international public health work in Ethiopia, India, and Pakistan through a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to not-for-profit organizations. It was created in 1964 by David Packard and his wife Lucile Salter Packard. Following David Packard's death in 1996, the Foundation became the beneficiary of part of his estate...
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