E-Agriculture

2023 News and Events

2023 News and Events

  • Perspectives on the way forward toward gender equality in agrifood systems

    Please join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a high-level presentation of a seminal report on the critical roles women play in the global food supply chain. Featuring USAID Administrator, Samantha Power White House Gender Policy Council Director and Assistant to...

  • Publication Launch: THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS

    Online on Zoom: Register here Opening remarks by the FAO Director-General The FAO report The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems will be launched during a high-level event on Thursday, 13 April. The new FAO report provides a comprehensive picture of the status of women not only in agriculture, but...

  • Grenada enhances digital agriculture and innovation to improve sector-wide sustainability

    Nikola Trendov, FAO Digital Agriculture and Innovation Specialist, presents the Digital Innovation Agriculture Hubs concept model. 04 April 2023. Rome. Grenada’s Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Fisheries and Cooperatives has partnered with FAO to launch two projects aimed at promoting digital agriculture and resilient food systems across the Caribbean Island. The projects, entitled: “the Global Network of Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs (DAIH) and the Regional E-Agriculture for the Caribbean – a post-COVID-19 Mechanism to promote resilient agrifood (REA)”, were launched during a...

  • BioSolutions: Emerging options and opportunities - Learning from French Ecosystem

    BioSolutions: Emerging options and opportunities - Learning from French Ecosystem Webinar March 30, 2023, T hursday, 9:00 - 10:30 AM, EDT (Washington DC time) Click here to convert to your local Time WebEx (information enclosed below) Moderator: Christian Le Roux , General secretary, M2i Life...
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  • Ethiopia - The National DAEAS Stakeholders Forum

    Bringing together key players in the Digital Agriculture ecosystem for collaborative and coordinated roadmap implementation. Date :Tuesday March 28th, 2023 Streaming here Introduction The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Ethiopia are planning to start the implementation of the national Digital Agriculture and Advisory Service (DAEAS) Roadmap. The DAEAS roadmap aims to align efforts among several stakeholders within Ethiopia to benefit farmers. The National Forum will bring together key stakeholders from the public, private, and...

  • Webinar Invitation: Enabling Environment for Digital Agriculture and Innovation in Ethiopia

    The Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) Sub-programme on the Global Network Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs in Ethiopia would like to invite interested individuals for the fist webinar entitled, "Enabling Environment for Digital Agriculture and Innovation in Ethiopia " . This webinar is part of the Innovate Ethiopian Agriculture Webinar Series . Event Details Title : Enabling Environment for Digital Agriculture and Innovation in Ethiopia Date : 30th of March 2023 Time : From 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m GMT+3 Register : CLICK HERE Event Abstract Ethiopia is a country of incredible diversity and...

  • "DIGITAL IN ACTION” at WSIS forum 2023 FAO takes stock in agrifood systems transformation for SDGs achievement

    Digital technology applications can create significant economic, social, and environmental benefits and accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including having a direct impact on smallholders and farmers. The 2023 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD from the 13th to the 17th of March under the theme, “Action Lines for building back better and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs” concretely illustrated this vision through an intensive week of successful information exchanges...

  • Register for the WSIS Action Line C7: E-Agriculture - Digital in Action - Agrifood systems Transformation for SDGs achievement

    Embedding Digital as a component to common efforts and policies for agrifood systems is crucial, as it is the enabling tool that can bridge us all towards development, leaving no one behind. On the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2023, FAO is organizing a special event on “ Digital in Action - Agrifood systems Transformation for SDGs achievement ”, on March 16, from 14:30 to 16:15 CET. The event will bring forward discussions on key topics about Digital in Action for the Transformation of Agrifood Systems, through concrete solutions and examples of Digital...