The FAO Science and Innovation Forum will focus on highlighting the centrality of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for agrifood systems transformation, and encourage a diversity of perspectives based on science and innovation, thereby facilitating rationalization and inclusiveness of debate. The FAO Science and Innovation Forum will be organized together with the World Food Forum (WFF) and Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum in the week of 17th October 2022. More specifically, the objectives of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum are to: explore scientific and technological advances and...
Webinar Registration Webinar June 9th, 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EST (Washington DC time) About the webinar In 2021, agriculture contributed 22.35% of Nigerian GDP, and 70% of the population was involved mainly in subsistence-level farming. In the agriculture sector, productivity challenges persist from...
Hand in Hand Geospatial Platform launched by FAO in 2020 wins recognition at Geospatial World Forum 2022 in Amsterdam Amsterdam/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today received an award of excellence for a digital tool that helps to analyze and compare data on food and agriculture so that interventions can be more targeted to reduce poverty, hunger and increase economic development. FAO’s open-access Hand in Hand (HIH) Geospatial Platform , which provides advanced information, including food security indicators and agricultural statistics, was recognized...
Friday, 13 May 2022 at 9:00-10:00 (CEST), Hybrid (Lodz, Poland and virtual) Digital technologies are yielding new growth in the food and agriculture sector and in rural areas. Connectivity, mobile adoption, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies are opening doors to new opportunities. However, the digital technology dividends are not automatic. Some rural areas in Europe and Central Asia are still falling behind when it comes to the adoption of new technologies due to bottlenecks in the broadband infrastructure, affordability, awareness, digital skills and regulatory issues...
The Data-Driven and Digital Team is excited to launch a new, monthly FoodTech Innovation Webinar Series! To register click here About the webinar FoodTech is the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology along the value-chain from harvest, storage, processing to distribution and retail...
Digital technologies impact the entire food system, everyone involved, and bring significant benefits to agriculture. They empower farmers to access information, markets, and finance, unlocking economic and employment opportunities and increasing efficiency and transparency across value chains. While digital technologies can bring a significant contribution to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they also pose economic, social, and ethical challenges, with particular regard to the responsible use of data. Governments can play a critical role in creating the...
The Worldbank Group has recently published a new edition on “ Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System ” as part of the What’s Cooking series. The Agriculture and Food Series is intended to prompt public discussion and inform policies that will deliver higher incomes, reduce hunger, improve sustainability, and generate better health and nutrition from the food we grow and eat. This publication was supported by the members of the Digital Development Partnership, a program within the World bank. What’s cooking? Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System – an overview What’s Cooking:...
The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) recently published its 2021 Annual Report that surmise both the contribution from over 20 organizations working in the digital public goods ecosystem and the work of the DPGA itself. The report highlights these activities, and details some examples of the work done under the DPGA. The DPGA divides its work into 3 streams – (i) core activities which are driven wholly by the DPGA Secretariat, (ii) coordinated activities driven by stakeholders in partnership or close coordination with the DPGA Secretariat, and (iii) aligned activities driven by...
Berytech has partnered with Future Agro challenge (FAC), Agricatalyst innovations , FAO and FoodMakers -FAC- South Africa funded by SANAD TAF , for the second edition of the Impact maker program. In this context, the partners are calling for eligible ecosystem builders in the MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa region to apply to the Impact Maker Program. The organizers are looking for ecosystem builders (incubators, accelerators, NGOs, for profit enterprises…) interested to strengthen their capacities of Impact Makers to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the agrifood sector, to join a 12-...
The ICT4D Conference, leading the international and cross-sector discussion on digital development since 2010, remains in the virtual space for 2022 . As the world fights the pandemic, we continue to offer various individual online events and content. Register the 2nd virtual ICT4D Partnerships...
Webinar Registration Webinar June 9th, 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EST (Washington DC time) About the webinar In 2021, agriculture contributed 22.35% of Nigerian GDP, and 70% of the population was involved mainly in subsistence-level farming. In the agriculture sector, productivity challenges persist from...
The Data-Driven and Digital Team is excited to launch a new, monthly FoodTech Innovation Webinar Series! To register click here About the webinar FoodTech is the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology along the value-chain from harvest, storage, processing to distribution and retail...
The ICT4D Conference, leading the international and cross-sector discussion on digital development since 2010, remains in the virtual space for 2022 . As the world fights the pandemic, we continue to offer various individual online events and content. Register the 2nd virtual ICT4D Partnerships...