E-Agriculture

Posts on the topic "China"

Posts on the topic "China"

  • Fao and Zheijian University Global AgriInno Challenge 2024 Open Call

    Are you passionate about tackling challenges in digital agriculture? Do you have groundbreaking ideas you want to showcase to the world? Are you eager to engage with a diverse network of mentors supported by UN agencies, governments, leading investors, and academic experts? Then the Global AgriInno...
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  • Invitation to apply for the Global AgriInno Challenge 2022

    The Global AgriInno Challenge 2022, co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University as part of the MoU between these two entities; GAC is in its third edition after the great success in 2020 and 2021. The GAC 2022 aims to identify, accelerate, and scale up youth-led innovative business models and...
    China

  • 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...

  • FAO China and Pinduoduo organize webinar on smart agriculture

    03/01/2022, Beijing - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Representation in China and Pinduoduo Inc. jointly held a webinar on how smart agriculture can bolster food production and security. The webinar Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in Agriculture aims to: a) explore and discuss the potential scenarios for smart agriculture; b) share the experiences of digital technology for agriculture in China, including cases from the Smart Agriculture Competition on strawberries and tomatoes, as well as best practices on smart fishing, smart husbandry...

  • Webinar on Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in Agriculture on 1 March

    Join us for our webinar jointly presented by FAO China and Pinduoduo Inc. on Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in Agriculture, at 9:00-10:30 (Rome time)/16.00-17.30 (Beijing time) on 1 March 2022. This 1.5 hours webinar aims to explore, and discuss the potential scenarios for smart agriculture and share the experiences of digital technology for agriculture in China, including cases from the Smart Agriculture Competition on strawberries and tomatoes, as well as best practices on smart fishing, smart husbandry, and smart farming in China. This online-only webinar will be...

  • How Smart Agriculture Competition is helping young agricultural talent in China to shine

    08/12/2021. For agricultural entrepreneur Xu Dan, one big hurdle he had to cross in his career in farming was transitioning from lab-based research work to practical application in a commercial setting. To make the jump, the master’s degree holder in organic agriculture from Holland’s Wageningen University & Research worked for an agricultural company to gain practical experience growing tomatoes. He returned to China in 2016 and founded a high-tech greenhouse startup. Together with his team of mostly Wageningen students and alumni, Xu is taking part in the Smart Agriculture Competition,...

  • The ´Digital agriculture report: Rural e-commerce development: Experience from China´ is officially launched

    Firstly presented during the session on ´E-Commerce for Agriculture and Rural Development, which was held on the 7th of May 2021 in close collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Zhejiang University under WSIS Action Line C7 on E-Agriculture and which topic this year focused on ´ICTs for Inclusive, Resilient and d Sustainable Societies and Economies, the ‘Digital agriculture report: Rural e- commerce: experience from China´ has now been officially published. This report is the fruit of the successful collaboration between FAO and Zhejiang University (ZJU) that...

  • Smart Agriculture Competition entered preliminary round

    September 16, 2021, Beijing – Hundreds of aspiring agricultural scientists and practitioners around the world have applied to join the Smart Agriculture Competition, with about 100 making the initial cut as the annual contest moves into the preliminary round. The panel is composed of leading experts and growers with diverse backgrounds including horticulture, crop modeling, algorithm design and policymaking. The teams will be evaluated on the creativity, applicability, and sustainability of their proposed approaches as well as their commercialization plans. "The Competition is an example of a...

  • New deadline for submissions to the Open Call for the Global AgriInno Challenge

    FAO and Zhejiang University are co-organizing the Global AgriInno Challenge 2020 to harness innovation solutions in response to the challenges associated with distribution and sales of agri-food products. The call is open to all youths with digital innovations or ideas for the agri-food sector, this event is aimed at identifying, accelerating and scaling-up youth-led innovative business models and digital solutions to unlock the potentials of agri-food innovation. Join now to share information and enhance your knowledge on smart agriculture, innovation and start-up practice through a unique...

  • Duoduo Smart Agriculture Competition launched

    Artificial Intelligence VS Farmers: who can produce the best strawberries It’s man versus machine in a smart agriculture competition pitting top scientists and growers to see whether artificial intelligence or human experience will triumph in producing the best strawberries. The inaugural Duo Duo Smart Agriculture Competition, organized jointly by the China Agricultural University and Pinduoduo, will take place over four months in the plateau of Yunnan Province and see competitors from around the world come up with planting methods that are best suited for the local conditions, using either...