The First Global Event of Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs Project accelerates the upscaling of innovation through sharing of knowledge and global experiences 09.12.2022. Rome . The Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) sub-programme on Global Network Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs held its first global event aimed at sharing knowledge and experiences from four implementing countries and from Wageningen University’s SmartAgriHub project. This FVC event was a panel session at the Digital Agriculture Forum (DAF) 2022 with the participation of the...
The Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) sub-programme on Global Network Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs held its second global event with a theme on “ Sharing experiences about Innovation Challenges ”, bringing together innovators, young entrepreneurs, and field experts. Innovation Challenges are a powerful instrument to accelerate innovation for responding to the challenges the agrifood system is facing by harnessing high-quality idea submissions from diverse groups to develop revolutionary solutions and offer an enabling environment, heightening skills and capacities. The session...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is launching a newly updated software and training package to empower rural entrepreneurs, agricultural extension workers and investors. RuralInvest is a free step-by-step toolkit, now offering new, user-friendly and multi-language software combined with hands-on support, to produce sustainable and bankable agribusiness plans. RuralInvest brings together small and medium-sized enterprises seeking capital to expand, with national and international financial institutions looking to securely invest in viable...
In 2022 countries increasingly recognised and implemented digital public goods as part of their digital transformations. Alongside this growth, the DPGA has seen an increase in the frequency, nuance, and sophistication with which digital public goods are spoken about. This represents an exciting chapter for the advancement of digital public goods worth exploring further. With the Digital Public Goods Alliance’s State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem 2022 report , we seek to highlight the diverse work of governments, multilaterals, philanthropy, think tanks, technologists, and digital...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is delighted to invite you to attend the launch event for the new RuralInvest – a free toolkit to build bankable, sustainable agribusiness proposals, developed by FAO division of Digitalization and Informatics. Date: 14 December 2022 Time: 14:00-16:00: Presentation of the new RuralInvest· 16:00-18:00: Technical session for RIV users Languages: English and French RuralInvest brings together rural communities, agripreneurs, local government technicians and financing institutions to identify, prepare, evaluate...
The Digital Public Goods Alliance’s Food Security Community of Practice, co-chaired by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation ( Norad ) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN ( FAO ), are collaborating to identify open source software, data, and content collections that provide real-time, actionable advice for farmers to support them in their agricultural activities. Throughout 2022, the Digital Public Goods Alliance has been working closely with alliance members FAO and Norad to co-manage a community of practice on food security. Acknowledging the compounding...
The Digital Public Goods Alliance’s Food Security Community of Practice, co-chaired by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation ( Norad ) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN ( FAO ), are collaborating to identify open source software, data, and content collections that...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is delighted to invite you to attend the launch event for the new RuralInvest – a free toolkit to build bankable, sustainable agribusiness proposals, developed by FAO division of Digitalization and Informatics. Date...
Digital Agriculture Bootcamp 2022 ( 1 st -7 th December 2022, online) Link : https://fao.zoom.us/j/98513946618 Meeting ID : 985 1394 6618 | Passcode: Bootcamp22 Since November 2021, FAO and Zhejiang University (ZJU), through a letter of agreement, have supported the Digital Agriculture Bootcamp event. The Bootcamp is a one-week workshop aiming to enhance the Global AgriInno Challenge (GAC) 2020 and 2021 top winners' digital, entrepreneurial, and innovative skills and improve their solutions. The Global AgriInno Challenge (GAC) is an annual worldwide competition for youth agripreneurs and...
Digital on the spotlight The week 17-21 October 2022 was a crucial week for FAO. In that week, FAO (in conjunction with partners) organized three major forums which encouraged a diversity of perspectives and facilitated the rationalization and inclusiveness of debate on our agrifood systems. Besides the Hand in Hand Investment Forum , where 20 countries presented investment impact opportunities, held bilateral meetings and 3 regional initiatives were highlighted, the Science and Innovation Forum 2022 has been focusing more specifically on highlighting the centrality of science, technology...
The Digital Public Goods Alliance’s Food Security Community of Practice, co-chaired by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation ( Norad ) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN ( FAO ), are collaborating to identify open source software, data, and content collections that...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is delighted to invite you to attend the launch event for the new RuralInvest – a free toolkit to build bankable, sustainable agribusiness proposals, developed by FAO division of Digitalization and Informatics. Date...
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