The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Regional Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean have published a report entitled, “COVID-19 and e-commerce: a global review”. The report notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformations, with e-commerce digital solutions increasing globally. However, while witnessing a similar growth of e-commerce in the developing world, existing digital divides are likely to result in even greater inequalities. The report acknowledges the impact of COVID-19 globally, for example, it states, ‘The...
Zoominar #1 – Series 2 Dialogue with Agribusiness Incubators and SMEs in North Africa Thursday, 1 April 2021 @11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+2) To attend, please make sure to register here Background: The purpose of this Zoominar is to share results, gather stakeholder feedback and validate the results of a...
This side event aims to explore the role of digitalization in food and agricultural markets and trade and assess the tools and platforms available for countries to use and reap benefits. It is envisaged that the discussion will address the following questions: 1) What is the impact of digital...
Theme The Internet of Everything (IoE) is the interconnection of people, processes, data, and things. It was conceptualized by CISCO as the natural evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT), in the aim of including the entire realm of information sources and destinations in one paradigm.Although the IoE concept has attracted the increasing attention of the scientific community since its introduction, the research results achieved so far have only just scratched the surface leaving the very fundamental questions regarding the IoE unanswered. In fact, the IoE has characteristics in terms of...
Register for the ICT4D Conference and hear from 40+ speakers including : Sean Callahan, President & CEO, Catholic Relief Services Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia on Public Health, previously Under-Secretary General of Partnerships, IFRC Natasha Sunderji,...
Electronic Agricultural Information System – e-agriculture in Azerbaijan Currently, the sector accounts for less than 10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product and employs around 40 percent of the population. To further develop the agriculture sector, the government of Azerbaijan has adopted a strategic roadmap on agricultural production and processing in 2016 that foresees the establishment of an integrated electronic information portal was one of the major targets aiming to create a unified system that incorporates basic principles of the data management to form a comprehensive...
Register for the event here The United Arab Emirates Vision 2021 underscores innovation, research, science and technology as key pillars of a knowledge-based, highly productive and competitive economy, driven by entrepreneurs in a business-friendly environment. The Food and Water Security Office (FWSO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are partnering to develop an agenda for research, technology and innovation, together with its implementation roadmap and monitoring and evaluation mechanism. This event is organized also in the context of the UN75 talks with...
Event Date : 03 December, 2020 Time : 04:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Register here About the event THE INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURERecognizing the importance of digitalization in food and agriculture, the International Platform for Digital Food and...
PANEL DISCUSSION: DIGITAL ABUSE Linking cybersecurity and intimate-partner violence Thursday 3 December 2020 TEAMS Live| 14:00 - 15:30 CET PANELISTS: Maggie Abourizk, Investigations Officer @ WFP-OIGI Xena Olsen: Threat intelligence analyst, MBA in IT management, doctorate student of cybersecurity...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are organising Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum (DASF) for Asia and the Pacific 2020 (formally called E-agriculture Solutions Forum) that will be held virtually from 30 November – 2 December 2020. Register here to attend The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several opportunities where digital technologies can help various stakeholders. In particular, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), mobile applications...