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Digital village hubs can transform quality of life in rural Europe and Central Asia
18/05/2023
In 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) launched the global Digital Villages Initiative to promote digital innovations to rural communities.
Smartphones are boosting gender equality in Georgia
07/03/2023
The use of social media is transforming people’s lives, including in small villages like Malika’s. By communicating through social media and messaging apps, women are creating new market linkages and partnerships
Knowledge, innovation and digitalization can transform agriculture in Uzbekistan
06/03/2023
Digital innovation and technology can transform agrifood systems into environmentally and economically sustainable systems that will promote better production and enhance more equitable rural livelihoods with increased opportunities for women, youth, and vulnerable groups.
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Tajikistan on the road to digital agriculture
30/11/2022
A training workshop “Towards the development of a roadmap for the digitalization of agriculture in Tajikistan” takes place today in Dushanbe, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in close cooperation with the Ministry of the Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Smart farming in Uzbekistan
20/10/2022
Raising greenhouse management to a new level with the help of low-cost, high-quality sensors, based on open-source technology, with a mobile phone interface for ease of use.
FAO in support of action plan to the implementation of Farm Accounting Data Network in Albania
16/09/2022
Tirana, Albania – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a meeting with the inter-institutional working group for the establishment and operation of the Farm Accounting Data Network (FADN).
A three-day training on FAO's AquaCrop Software
13/09/2022
Three day training on "AquaCrop" Software developed by FAO. AquaCrop is a crop simulation model describing plant and soil interactions.
A three-day training on FAO's "AquaCrop" Software
13/09/2022
Three day training on "AquaCrop" Software developed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is being held within the framework of the "Improving the management of water resources in the agricultural area for the sake of sustainable development of agriculture" project.
Digital technologies: key accelerator of agrifood systems transformation and rural development
06/05/2022
Digital agriculture has great potential to foster the transformation of agrifood systems and promote rural development, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), emphasized today at the high-level international conference Vision for the future: transition to digital agriculture, held in Azerbaijan.
Investment opportunities for climate-smart agrifood tech in Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic
22/04/2022
While food security is a renewed source of concern at the global level, the greening of agrifood systems remains a top priority to limit its impacts on climate change and natural resources.
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In Bosnia and Herzegovina, FAO upscales support to agricultural and rural development planning
12/04/2022
FAO launched a new initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina to help selected local authorities boost agriculture and economic development through local agriculture and rural development plans and corresponding action plans.
FAO, Bosnia and Herzegovina partner for sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth
10/03/2022
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries constitute the backbone of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economy. With the signing of a new accord between FAO and the country today, the parties pledged to ensure sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth of the sector. The Country Programming Framework outlines mutual cooperation through 2025.
E-commerce initiative from “Hep Yerinden” cooperatives
15/02/2022
Representatives of 13 cooperatives from 10 provinces met in Izmir to sign the “E-Commerce Cooperation Protocol”, an initiative prepared under the guidance of FAO experts and legal advisors under the slogan “Strong Livelihood, Resilient Society”.
Development of poultry farming helps families and schools in Kyrgyzstan
30/08/2021
In Kyrgyzstan, where most of the population lives in rural areas, small-scale agriculture and animal husbandry is the main source of food and income.
Balkan bytes: How digital agri-entrepreneurship is changing a country
18/06/2021
Montenegro's first peer-to-peer agricultural market and knowledge-sharing platform enables farmers to buy and sell inputs and exchange knowledge.
Apps and animations improve traditional dairy production in Kazakhstan
06/06/2021
A FAO-developed app is boosting the dairy sector in Kazakhstan, helping conduct surveys and locate new suppliers.
Advanced weather data for smallholders in Tajikistan
20/04/2021
Farmers in Tajikistan are benefiting from weather stations gathering important climate data and producing advanced agrometeorological information for on weather changes, plant diseases, and yield forecasts.
Project promotes agrotourism and digitalization for Albanian smallholder farms
12/02/2021
FAO helped to enhance diversification and competitiveness of Albanian smallholders through the promotion of agrotourism and digitalization in the agrifood sector. The one-year project, which ended recently, targeted three pilot areas in the country (Belsh, Melesi Madhe, and Korca).
Azerbaijan gets digital with “eagro”
06/01/2021
n 2019, the eagro.az website was launched as the online platform of Azerbaijan’s Electronic Agricultural Information System (EKTIS) to be closer to the farmers. EKTIS is an innovative initiative that combines the principles of proximity, good governance and the application of innovations to farmers and ensures access to agricultural services and transparency in the provision of these services.
Digital tools for an organic farm
08/03/2019
Investing in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) pays off for a farmer in North Macedonia