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  • Call for innovative digital solutions for agriculture (by 8 June)

    Background Land and water resources in NENA are limited and facing severe stress. Climate change projections suggest more drought and extreme events. A transformative approach is needed to support agricultural production system to become more productive and sustainable to address these challenges...
    Jordan, Amman

  • 12th ICT4D Conference

    The global ICT4D community will gather again in person for the 12th ICT4D Conference in Accra, Ghana.Taking place on March 19 & 20, 2024 , the ICT4D Conference attracts a diverse audience of over 800 technical advisors, program managers, and executives at public, private, and civil society...

  • AI Ethics: An Abrahamic commitment to the Rome Call

    (left to right: Sheikh Al Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah (Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum); Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and the RenAIssance Foundation; and Chief Rabbi Eliezer Simha Weisz (member of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel). The three Abrahamic religions launch an appeal for an ethical development of artificial intelligence VATICAN CITY, 10th January 2023- “We have gathered with our Jewish and Muslim brothers in an event of great importance to call upon the world to think and act in the name of brotherhood and peace - even...

  • LAUNCH EVENT: RuralInvest

    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...

  • MIKTA PANEL : “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture”

    MIKTA PANEL “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture” 13 October 2022, 14.00 hours - Virtual It has been nine years since the Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Türkiye and Australia gathered in New York in September 2013 as five democracies that benefit from open economies with robust growth rates and a significant level of economic power. Coming from diverse cultures and regions, which they are strongly linked to, MIKTA Foreign Ministers declared their will and capability to contribute to protecting public goods and strengthening global governance. In the face...

  • Grab the Chance to Grow Your Agrifood Business or Startup with FAO!

    The Food and Agriculture Organization is inviting all agrifood businesses and startups from the Pacific, Maldives and Timor-Leste to apply for the Agrifood accelerator 2022. All applications must be written in English and submitted by 15 October 2022 at 11:59pm (GMT+13). Join us in Apia, Samoa for the major regional accelerator of 2022! The Agrifood accelerator 2022 is an initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands aiming to support and scale up solutions of existing agrifood startups, businesses, and social...

  • Digitalization at the Science and Innovation Forum 2022: Digital for Impact, FAO Way Forward

    Harnessing digital technologies towards the SDGs Digital technologies are proving to be one of the key accelerators of sustainable development and are having a deep transformational effect on our economies and societies, including agriculture and food systems in general. In times of economic turndowns, they definitely hold the potential to unlock employment opportunities, bridge the rural divide and empower youth and women to access information, technology and markets, among many other opportunities that they trigger worldwide. As their critical role has now been clearly recognized, FAO...

  • FAO at High-level Political Forum 2022 Key Activities - UNHQ

    FAO is participating with the following Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Building back better: Forest pathways for a green recovery advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Leveraging interlinkages among the SDGs to realize the 2030...

  • Smallholder farmers would benefit from an online trading platform, FAO study finds

    In the Republic of Moldova, creating a single online trading platform for small-scale agricultural producers could improve sales and market access, thus increase growth and economic competitiveness. Returning migrants could benefit, too, and become agents of change thanks to their digital skills, as well as inspire other farmers who are still reluctant to adopt and use online solutions. These are the main conclusions of the first feasibility study on the development of an e-commerce platform for small and medium-sized agricultural producers, including returned migrants, in the Republic of...

  • Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable at WTDC

    The Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable will be an open global event spanning over three days from Tuesday 7 June to Thursday 9 June 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. The Roundtable is an integral part of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) and will be held in a hybrid...
    Rwanda, Kigali