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2021 has started as the year of efficiencies and effectivness. Digitalization, modernization and agility are now the core values where organizations and businesses all over the globe are focusing their efforts to better adapt, respond and act to the evolving needs of a world more fast paced than ever. ´Innovation and investment are the key to transformation´ says FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu. FAO´s mandate includes indeed supporting and assisting the countries in their transformation towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for better production, better...
The European Union are seeking to accelerate the presence of European SMEs in Canada through the Low Carbon Business Action and Circular Economy platform. We would like to highlight most relevant challenge for the E-Agriculture network: - FPInnovations , a leader in the development of high-quality lignin and sugar streams from sustainably harvested forest-sourced biomass, is seeking innovative ways to further convert those streams into high value-added bioproducts. Link to full description can be found here , link to apply to challenge can be found here . If selected as one of the 3...
Theme: Digital Agriculture: New Frontiers for the Food System Date : 17 March 2021 Time : 15:00 CET/10:00 EST To attend: Visit page for details About the Event Rising food insecurity and malnutrition, combined with high food loss and waste, agricultural pollution and persistent poverty, show that...
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...
In the run-up to the 2021 EU-FAO Strategic Dialogue, The European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have the honour to invite you to a technical webinar on: Farm to Fork under the European Green Deal About the webinar The technical webinar will present the EU’s...
The World Bank Group Invites interested individuals to the webinar " Women Leadership in AgTech:Transforming the Agriculture and Food Sector " to be held on Thursday, February 25, 2021 To attend, complete this registration form Webinar Details Chair: William Sonneborn, Senior Director IFC, The...
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...
We are happy to invite all e-agriculture users to the final episode of the UNSCN webinar series “Nutrition in a Digital World” ( Flyer ), Episode 4 – Digital solutions for nutrition sensitive programming on Thursday 17 December 2020, 14:00-15:30 (CET). The webinar series has brought together a wide range of experts and a wealth of knowledge to explore how digital technologies are being applied throughout the food system, influencing the ways people interact with it and potentially redefining their food environments. You can find full recordings and presentations from each webinar on the UNSCN...
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Theme: Digital Agriculture: New Frontiers for the Food System Date : 17 March 2021 Time : 15:00 CET/10:00 EST To attend: Visit page for details About the Event Rising food insecurity and malnutrition, combined with high food loss and waste, agricultural pollution and persistent poverty, show that...
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...
In the run-up to the 2021 EU-FAO Strategic Dialogue, The European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have the honour to invite you to a technical webinar on: Farm to Fork under the European Green Deal About the webinar The technical webinar will present the EU’s...
The World Bank Group Invites interested individuals to the webinar " Women Leadership in AgTech:Transforming the Agriculture and Food Sector " to be held on Thursday, February 25, 2021 To attend, complete this registration form Webinar Details Chair: William Sonneborn, Senior Director IFC, The...
