Voices of Youth for Sustainable Mechanization & Digitalization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing the first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (GAMC), with the theme “Efficiency, Inclusiveness and Resilience” from 27 to 29 September 2023. On 28th September 2023, in the sidelines of this global event, the youth have not been left behind, as GAMC will host the side event, “Voices of Youth for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization and Digitization”, tailored for young people in the agrifood sector. The side event, as highlighted in its theme gives young agricultural professionals from across the globe an opportunity to raise their voices on key issues from their own experiences in the context of sustainable mechanization in the agrifood sector.

The event brings together agricultural youths ranging from digital agri-entrepreneurs, researchers, public, private, and international development sector players etc., all with a direct contact with farmers in their sphere of work, more so a common goal of sustainably mechanizing agriculture.

The event will be held during the lunch break 12:30 to 14:00 in the Sheikh Zayed International Media Center (FAO, HQ in Rome).

Agenda

Moderator:  Mayling Flores Rojas, Agricultural Mechanization Systems Officer, FAO 

Co-moderator:  Vuyo Maphango, Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Consultant, FAO 

Time	Activity	Responsible(s)
12:30-12:35	Opening remarks	Beth Bechdol,  Deputy Director-General, FAO
12:35 -13:35	Presentations
12:35-12:45	A young entrepreneur’s journey: Opportunities in Agri-hire Business Models	Kouamé Souahode  CEO and founder, Ferm’bio Sarl, Côte d’Ivoire
12:45-12:55	Hire services of scale appropriate sustainable mechanization	Yashim Reyes  Technical advisor, CIMMYT,  Mexico
12:55- 13:05	From policy to action in support of youth lead agricultural mechanization initiatives	Sanjeeb Bimali  Agricultural Engineer   MoA Department of Agriculture
13:05-13:15	Innovation hubs for scaling youth entrepreneurship in the digital-agrifood sector	Aziza Cheikhna  Digital Transformation project manager   Hadina RIMTIC Incubator
13:15-13:25	Agrobotics for sustainable mechanization: The Story of E-Terry	Martha Wenzel  CEO and Co-founder   E-Terry
13:25-13:55	Discussion
13:25-13:55	Q&A	Mayling Flores Rojas Agricultural mechanization systems officer, FAO   Vuyo Maphango,   Sustainable agricultural mechanization consultant, FAO
13:55-14:00	Closing remarks	Josef Kienzle Lead Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization, FAO

 

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