The virtual event ’Digital Villages in action in Europe and Central Asia’ launched today the Digital Villages Initiative in eight countries across the region.

Launched in 2021, the FAO's global Digital Villages Initiative promotes digital innovations in rural communities to improve livelihoods, well-being, and social cohesion in this region.

FAO in Europe and Central Asia (REU), along with its partners in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan, is taking action to accelerate the digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas through the Digital Villages Initiative (DVI). 

FAO AgroInformatics TechTalks are interactive expert talks hosted by FAO Digitalization and Informatics Division (CSI) inviting agroinformatics experts to foster peer-to-peer discussion and strengthen links within the agroinformatics community and beyond.

Agricultural statistics play a paramount role in efficient water use and water management. FAO estimates that around 70 percent of freshwater withdrawals go into agriculture.

The 2023 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD from the 13th to the 17th of March under the theme, “Action Lines for building back better and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs” concretely illustrated this vision through an intensive week of successful information exchanges, knowledge creation and sharing of best practices, in close collaboration with all WSIS action line co-/facilitators and other UN Organizations that gathered in Geneva to better identify emerging trends and foster partnerships together.

Call for Open Agricultural Advisory Services

 

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