FAO's special event at SIF2023 ‘AI and Digital Tools for Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems’ will take place on Thursday 19th October, 14.30-16.00 CEST to showcase concrete examples of technological innovations that aim at transforming traditional agricultural practices into sophisticated, data-driven systems that will protect efficiently our people and our planet. 

On September 7-8, 2023 the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan - with the technical support of FAO - will host the International Conference on Food Security as a global multilateral platform to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the field of food security.

FAO invites agritech innovators to showcase their digital solutions on demonstration farms in selected countries of Europe and Central Asia (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan) as part of the 1 000 Digital Villages Initiative (DVI).

Building on the DSP model and ESA’s experience in designing and evaluate policy instruments, with the valuable support of the national Country Office, FAO has developed a comprehensive e-extension platform called “Smart Extension and Efficient Decision-making (S.E.E.D) Hub”.

The GEO-AI Challenge for Cropland Mapping is an initiative of the UN Open-GIS group, initiated by FAO, ITU and UNODC that aims to develop accurate and cost-effective classification models for cropland extent mapping with machine learning techniques.

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To answer the challenges that dairy and meat business in Central Asia has to tackle today, the EBRD and FAO have joined forces to offer new digital solutions to build resilience and contribute to more efficient, resilient and inclusive agrifood systems. The Agrokomek app has just been launched in Kazhakstan.

This three-day event, which will take place from 11th to 13th July in Amman, Jordan, aims at assisting countries in the NENA region in the development of their e-agriculture national strategy and consequently to further promote and invest in digital agriculture.

As Digitalization is now more than ever critical for accelerating the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels, the UN Food Stocktaking Moment special event on ‘Digitalization for Resilient Agrifood systems’ will be held in Rome on the 25^th July, 14h30-15h30 CEST.

The FAO's Hand-in-Hand Initiative leads a training mission in Asunción, as Paraguay is preparing projects for the second Global Investment Forum to be held in Rome in October.

The virtual event ’Digital Villages in action in Europe and Central Asia’ launched today the Digital Villages Initiative in eight countries across the region.

Launched in 2021, the FAO's global Digital Villages Initiative promotes digital innovations in rural communities to improve livelihoods, well-being, and social cohesion in this region.

FAO in Europe and Central Asia (REU), along with its partners in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan, is taking action to accelerate the digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas through the Digital Villages Initiative (DVI). 

FAO AgroInformatics TechTalks are interactive expert talks hosted by FAO Digitalization and Informatics Division (CSI) inviting agroinformatics experts to foster peer-to-peer discussion and strengthen links within the agroinformatics community and beyond.

Agricultural statistics play a paramount role in efficient water use and water management. FAO estimates that around 70 percent of freshwater withdrawals go into agriculture.

The 2023 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD from the 13th to the 17th of March under the theme, “Action Lines for building back better and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs” concretely illustrated this vision through an intensive week of successful information exchanges, knowledge creation and sharing of best practices, in close collaboration with all WSIS action line co-/facilitators and other UN Organizations that gathered in Geneva to better identify emerging trends and foster partnerships together.

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World Food Forum: FAO Digital For Impact is transforming agrifood systems

Team 16 wins the hackathon with a proposal for an advisory service for Sudanese farmers