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Posts on the topic "government(s)"

Posts on the topic "government(s)"

  • 2021 Innovation Award winners announced

    FAO and Switzerland celebrate annual awards at World Food Forum [ As published on FAO News ] 1 October 2021, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Federal Government of Switzerland have announced the winners of the 2021 edition of the annual International Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems, a joint initiative designed to encourage and celebrate innovation and entrepreneurs who successfully implement outstanding projects in the agriculture sector. The awards were announced in a virtual ceremony with the participation of FAO Director-General...
  • ITU holds a 2 day Regional Innovation Forum for Europe from 22-23 September 2021

    The Regional Innovation Forum ​for Europe, o​rganized within the framework of the 2021 ITU Global Innovation Forum, will take place virtually from 22 to 23 September 2021. It is organized with the support of the Ministry of Information Society and Administration​ of the Republic of North Macedonia. The global C​OVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to reflect and reimagine digital ecosystems that accelerate sustainable digital transformation in the Europe region. Most stakeholders are facing the same struggle: to manage and recover from the consequences of the pandemic. The Europe...
  • Smart Agriculture Competition entered preliminary round

    September 16, 2021, Beijing – Hundreds of aspiring agricultural scientists and practitioners around the world have applied to join the Smart Agriculture Competition, with about 100 making the initial cut as the annual contest moves into the preliminary round. The panel is composed of leading experts and growers with diverse backgrounds including horticulture, crop modeling, algorithm design and policymaking. The teams will be evaluated on the creativity, applicability, and sustainability of their proposed approaches as well as their commercialization plans. "The Competition is an example of a...
  • Global Forum: Artificial Intelligence for a Digital Blue Planet

    Artificial Intelligence for A Digital Blue Planet is a three-day global forum (28–30 June 2021), that will bring together data scientists, analysts and researchers from marineresearch institutions and universities around the world to share their knowledge, skills and innovative ideas while discussing ways AI could help promote the use of knowledge to improve the management of our aquaticecosystems The objective of the forum The forum will initiate an ambitious global collaboration and scope the development of an AI platform with the capacity to share the knowledge required to produce...
  • WSIS Official Opening Segment

    The WSIS Forum provides a multistakeholder platform to foster global cooperation and provide meaningful connections to information society by ensuring Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a key enabler for sustainable development. Under the theme of WSIS Forum 2021 this year: ICTs...
  • Joining forces

    FAO, the International Telecommunication Union and Zheijang University are launching the Digital Agriculture Report at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021 on 7 May By 2050, a 60 percent increase in food production will be necessary to cover the needs of the expected 9.6 billion people on our planet and with food insecurity aggravated by the pandemic, seeking innovative applications of digital technology has become critical to transforming the food and agriculture sector and addressing the emerging challenges to achieve the SDGs . In this challenging context, the...
  • High-level Thematic Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity

    Date : 27 April 2020 Online : Watch the event on UN TV Event Page : https://www.un.org/pga/75/digital-cooperation-and-connectivity/ Abstract In light of the importance of addressing the digital divide in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Sustainable Development Goals, the President of...