The Digital Public Goods Alliance’s Food Security Community of Practice, co-chaired by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation ( Norad ) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN ( FAO ), are collaborating to identify open source software, data, and content collections that provide real-time, actionable advice for farmers to support them in their agricultural activities. Throughout 2022, the Digital Public Goods Alliance has been working closely with alliance members FAO and Norad to co-manage a community of practice on food security. Acknowledging the compounding...
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...
Digital on the spotlight The week 17-21 October 2022 was a crucial week for FAO. In that week, FAO (in conjunction with partners) organized three major forums which encouraged a diversity of perspectives and facilitated the rationalization and inclusiveness of debate on our agrifood systems. Besides the Hand in Hand Investment Forum , where 20 countries presented investment impact opportunities, held bilateral meetings and 3 regional initiatives were highlighted, the Science and Innovation Forum 2022 has been focusing more specifically on highlighting the centrality of science, technology...
Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 Open Call: Connecting Youth-Led Innovation to the Agri-food Sector Duration of the Call: 14 October – 20 November 2022 Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 is officially o pen for recruitment ! Global AgriInno Challenge, a worldwide competition for youth agripreneurs and innovators, showcases and promotes smart digital innovative talent. With the last two sessions successfully held in 2020 and 2021, Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 will continue to provide startups an alive platform to exchange experience, enhance knowledge and offer the opportunity to join the huge...
Background Youth, across Europe and Central Asia, is leaving the rural areas and thus the agricultural sector. Challenges related to access to knowledge, markets, natural- and financial resources force the younger generation to leave the rural areas to the more urbanized parts of their countries,...
It has been nine years since the Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Türkiye and Australia gathered in New York in September 2013 as five democracies that benefit from open economies with robust growth rates and a significant level of economic power. Coming from diverse...
European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with Canadian Institute of Technology will organize the 11th ICSD 2023 International Conference on Sustainable Development, with particular focus on Environmental, Economic and Socio-Cultural Sustainability. The Conference theme : Creating...
On July 15, the "Digital Agriculture and Smart Agricultural Machinery" Youth Scientist Salon was held in Beijing. Sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), organized by the China Association of Agricultural Science Societies (CAASS), and co-organized by the Chinese...
Webinar Registration Webinar June 9th, 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EST (Washington DC time) About the webinar In 2021, agriculture contributed 22.35% of Nigerian GDP, and 70% of the population was involved mainly in subsistence-level farming. In the agriculture sector, productivity challenges persist from...
Membership will help FAO contribute to making digital tools and knowledge products more accessible to farm 30/05/2022. Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has become a member of the Digital Public Goods Alliance. This underscores FAO’s commitment to the development and championing of digital public goods that will help achieve sustainable agrifood systems and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Digital Public Goods Alliance ( DPGA) is a multi-stakeholder initiative with a mission to accelerate the attainment of the SDGs in low- and...
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....png?itok=hioEobsp)
Background Youth, across Europe and Central Asia, is leaving the rural areas and thus the agricultural sector. Challenges related to access to knowledge, markets, natural- and financial resources force the younger generation to leave the rural areas to the more urbanized parts of their countries,...0 comments.jpg?itok=q7JlFc_E)
It has been nine years since the Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Türkiye and Australia gathered in New York in September 2013 as five democracies that benefit from open economies with robust growth rates and a significant level of economic power. Coming from diverse...
Webinar Registration Webinar June 9th, 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EST (Washington DC time) About the webinar In 2021, agriculture contributed 22.35% of Nigerian GDP, and 70% of the population was involved mainly in subsistence-level farming. In the agriculture sector, productivity challenges persist from...