E-Agriculture

ICT and Agricultural processes News and Events

  • 12th ICT4D Conference

    The global ICT4D community will gather again in person for the 12th ICT4D Conference in Accra, Ghana.Taking place on March 19 & 20, 2024 , the ICT4D Conference attracts a diverse audience of over 800 technical advisors, program managers, and executives at public, private, and civil society...

  • LAUNCH EVENT: RuralInvest

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is delighted to invite you to attend the launch event for the new RuralInvest – a free toolkit to build bankable, sustainable agribusiness proposals, developed by FAO division of Digitalization and Informatics. Date...

  • Save the Date: Side event for the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2022 : Innovation Dialogue

    A common space for open, inclusive discussion for sharing robust science and evidence-based options for more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems REGISTER 14th October, Friday 12:00-13:30 (Rome) | 18:00-19:30 (Beijing) The event will focus on answering two questions by drawing on experience from two experts from ZJU and also a group of panel speakers from International Organizations such as World Bank, African Development Bank and Cornell University. ● How to support the development of digitalization, innovation and agripreneurship in agri-food systems?● How to...

  • RegTech, Governance and the Future of Forests

    October 7th, 2022 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET Register here This event is a one-time event organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Wageningen UR (The Netherlands) to discuss the latest developments on blockchain for sustainable forest management. It is a free event...

  • Grab the Chance to Grow Your Agrifood Business or Startup with FAO!

    The Food and Agriculture Organization is inviting all agrifood businesses and startups from the Pacific, Maldives and Timor-Leste to apply for the Agrifood accelerator 2022. All applications must be written in English and submitted by 15 October 2022 at 11:59pm (GMT+13). Join us in Apia, Samoa for the major regional accelerator of 2022! The Agrifood accelerator 2022 is an initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands aiming to support and scale up solutions of existing agrifood startups, businesses, and social...

  • Smallholder farmers would benefit from an online trading platform, FAO study finds

    In the Republic of Moldova, creating a single online trading platform for small-scale agricultural producers could improve sales and market access, thus increase growth and economic competitiveness. Returning migrants could benefit, too, and become agents of change thanks to their digital skills, as well as inspire other farmers who are still reluctant to adopt and use online solutions. These are the main conclusions of the first feasibility study on the development of an e-commerce platform for small and medium-sized agricultural producers, including returned migrants, in the Republic of...

  • Register to attend the WSIS Action Line C7: E-Agriculture "ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: through digital skills for youth and women in agriculture"

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in conjunction with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) invite interested persons to attend virtually and in-person (for those already in Geneva) the following WSIS Session: Theme "ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: through digital skills for youth and women in agriculture" Time Thursday, 2 June 2022 14:30–16:15 (UTC+02:00) Time Conversion Attend in-person : Room C1, ITU Tower Building ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland virtual : Register here for zoom details About the session This hybrid-session...

  • Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable at WTDC

    The Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable will be an open global event spanning over three days from Tuesday 7 June to Thursday 9 June 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. The Roundtable is an integral part of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) and will be held in a hybrid...
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  • Geospatial data for more targeted agricultural interventions: FAO receives excellence award

    Hand in Hand Geospatial Platform launched by FAO in 2020 wins recognition at Geospatial World Forum 2022 in Amsterdam Amsterdam/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today received an award of excellence for a digital tool that helps to analyze and compare data on food and agriculture so that interventions can be more targeted to reduce poverty, hunger and increase economic development. FAO’s open-access Hand in Hand (HIH) Geospatial Platform , which provides advanced information, including food security indicators and agricultural statistics, was recognized...