Uzbek village becomes digital

Sitting in a field in the heart of Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley, Shaodatkhon Oripova’s greenhouse isn’t just the simple structure it used to be. It’s now alive with digital sensors connected to the internet, through which the 62-year-old farmer can control the temperature, humidity, light and soil moisture. Shaodatkhon is one of the farmers taking part in the Digital Villages Initiative (DVI), which was introduced in the villages of Novkent and Yuksalish in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan in 2023. The Digital Villages Initiative is a flagship programme of FAO aiming to transform at least 1 000 villages around the world into digital hubs. Read more about her story here: https://www.fao.org/fao-stories/artic...

22/02/2022