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October 2022 News and Events

October 2022 News and Events

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

    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...
  • The Digital Agriculture and Innovation Hubs (DAIH) in Ethiopia roars to action

    The FMM DAIH hold a planning workshop in Adama, Ethiopia 23 September 2022 . Stakeholders in Ethiopia met to discuss the digital agriculture maturity in the country, and affirmed to work together to improve innovation and digital transformation of the agricultural sector. The affirmation was resolved at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s FMM workshop on Business Model, Partners Responsibility Mapping and Finalization of Work Plan to Establish the Digital Agriculture and Innovation Hubs (DAIH) held on the 22 and 23 September 2022 in Adama, Ethiopia. In his opening remarks, the State...
  • Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 is open for registration!

    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...
  • Regional Youth Consultation - Who will stay then? How digitalization can bring youth back to agriculture in Europe and Central Asia

    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, where there’s a higher chance to find better working opportunities. This not only means that the rural areas are facing the consequences of the in-country migration, but the agricultural sector remains in the hand of the older generation, who often prefer and follow traditional practices and have a...
  • 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...
  • MIKTA PANEL : “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture”

    MIKTA PANEL “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture” 13 October 2022, 14.00 hours - Virtual 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 cultures and regions, which they are strongly linked to, MIKTA Foreign Ministers declared their will and capability to contribute to protecting public goods and strengthening global governance. In the face...
  • MIKTA PANEL “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture”

    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...
  • RegTech, Governance and the Future of Forests

    October 7th, 2022 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CET Register here This event is a one-time event organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Wageningen UR (The Netherlands) to discuss the latest developments on blockchain for sustainable forest management. It is a free event...