FAO hosts the Digital Innovation Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop
In 2018, FAO launched multiple open innovation challenge to find high-potential digital solutions to address challenges faced by food and agriculture and improve livelihoods. Participants benefited from the specific know-how and skill sets of FAO and private sector experts in IT development, food and agriculture, business model canvas and pitching, culminating in a final pitch sessions and awards for the most innovative, scalable, impactful and financially sustainable start-ups or solutions.
From 19-20 August, 24 entrepreneurs, 8 teams across 7 countries in Africa came together in Kigali, Rwanda to transform food and agriculture, generate economic growth and youth employment opportunities. Young entrepreneurs and hackers from Benin, Uganda, Zambia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, and Rwanda spent 2 days accelerating high-potential innovations alongside FAO and public and private sector experts at ICT Chamber’s KLab, part of FAO’s Regional Conference on Youth Employment and ICTs in Food and Agriculture as a Solid Solution for Ending Hunger.
CIO’s Digital Innovation Unit, in collaboration with FAO Africa (RAF) and AGDR, have coordinated the awards for the top 4 winning teams from the hackathon in Rwanda, inviting the 1st and 2nd winning team to the Digital Innovation Days in HQ on 19-21 November and all four top winning teams to present in FAO’s International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers as part of the Innovation Fair and Youth Event.
The Digital Innovation Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop will bring together the young entrepreneurs who won the #HackAgainstHunger/Africa innovation challenge with internal and external developers, as well as FAO technical experts, to discuss key topics related to innovation development, acceleration, and scale up. The sessions will include presentation-style sessions in the mornings, breaking off into working groups in the afternoon to discuss key challenges and opportunities of new trends, technologies and approaches for food and agriculture.
The meeting agenda
| Monday 19 November | Session Leaders | Location | |
| 8.30-9.00 | Check-inWelcome from CIO-Director and Head of Digital Innovation | Samuel Varas, CIO-DirectorJames Azevedo Gorgen, Head of Digital Innovation UnitEduardo Machado, CIOD | CIO-Director Office |
| 9:00-10:00 | Introduction to Development TeamTechnical Presentations by Hackers (10 min each team)Presentation by Development Team | Eduardo Machado (CIOD)Carlos Bravo (CIOD)Karl Morteo (CIOD) | Queen Juliana Room |
| 10:00-10:30 | Interactive Session with Digital Innovation Unit (1)Quick Intro - Unit Presentation (5 min)Blockchain for food and agriculture (10 min)- Q&A (10 min)Machine Learning and AI (FishID) (10 min)- Q&A (10 min) | Erik VanIngen – BlockchainKarl Morteo - FISHID | Queen Juliana Room |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | Queen Juliana Room | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Working session On Blockchain and Machine Learning | Erik VanIngen Karl Morteo | Queen Juliana Room |
| 11:30-12:30 | FAO Guided Tour | Matterne, Virginie (OCCO) | Around FAO |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | 8th Floor | |
| 14:00 -15:30 | Models to mainstream Plant Pest detection& Working Session | Keith Cressman (AG) David Hughes, Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology (Penn State Univ, USA)Carlos Bravos (CIO)Alfredo Irarrazaval (CIO) | Queen Juliana Room |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | Queen Juliana Room | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Working session | Carlos Bravos (CIO)Alfredo Irarrazaval (CIO) | Queen Juliana Room |
| Agenda – Day 2 – Tuesday 20th of November | |||
| Tuesday 20 November | Participants | Location | |
| 8.30-9.00 | Check-in | Daniela | CIO |
| 9:00-10:00 | Open Working Session with Development Team | Eduardo Machado (CIOA)Karl Morteo (CIOD) | Queen Juliana Room |
| 10:00-11:15 | WAPOR. Remote Sensing and Local sensors for precision irrigation | Jippe Hoogeveen (CBL) Karl Morteo Francesco Calderini (CIO) | Queen Juliana Room |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee break | Queen Juliana Room | |
| 11:45: 12:30 | Working Session | Karl Morteo Francesco Calderini (CIO) | Queen Juliana Room |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | 8th floor | |
| 14:00 -15:30 | Upcoming CIO projects in Africa Scaling-up mobile Applications: FAO Digital Services Portfolio | Sergio Bogazzi and Amy Davidson (CIO)Henry & Federica (CIOI) | Queen Juliana Room |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | Queen Juliana Room | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Growing funding opportunities for Digital Innovation | Katrin Taylor (TCR) | Queen Juliana Room |
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