Results

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognizes that scaling up science, technology and innovation is necessary for a profound transformation of food and agricultural systems. Engagements with the private sector help energize digital ecosystems and catalyse innovations and integration of digital technologies.  FAO focuses on its role as a broker of strategic engagements to harness new technologies and innovations in the agrifood sector to gain cost-effective, sustainable, and scalable solutions to long-standing development challenges.  In Tajikistan, FAO has recently collaborated with the private and education sectors to accelerate digitalization through the establishment of a digital demonstration farm.  In a...

Quadripartite holds inaugural Plenary Assembly of the AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform The first Plenary Assembly of the Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform opened today at the Rome headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).The two-day meeting, which is being held ahead of 2023 World AMR Awareness Week, brings together more than 150 stakeholders from around the globe, encompassing governments, civil society, research, academia, the private sector, financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations and specialized UN agencies. Its overarching aim is to collectively address ways of preserving antimicrobials as lifesaving medicines for humans, animals, plants and ecosystems using the One Health approach.This is the first time...

Cocoa producers forge new links and improve selling prices From the hamlets where Sperian Kapia and his fellow cocoa farmers live by the massive Sepik River, it takes more than four hours by boat and truck through the rugged, dense rainforest of the Pacific Island state of Papua New Guinea to get to Wewak, the nearest town of about 25 000 people.

In rural Liberia, the agricultural sector has faced persistent challenges due to limited access to essential resources and infrastructure, including agricultural machinery, irrigation facilities, and reliable power sources, where the access rate to electricity remains at just 8 percent among the rural population in the country (World Bank, 2021).  Mobile farm solutions for rural farmers in Liberia  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of the United Arab Emirates and Elite Agro Holding, a UAE-based private company, has taken a significant step to address this issue by leveraging their respective strengths and resources.  The unique...

This week’s Science and Innovation Forum at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) offered an opportunity to showcase innovations and collaborations which have the potential to transform agrifood systems and step up climate action - new technologies, public–private partnerships, knowledge-sharing networks, and capacity building programmes.  Against this backdrop, FAO and the International Agri-Food Network (IAFN), a coalition of international agrifood trade associations and national farmer organizations, welcomed a new cohort of 50 participants to their Accelerator Mentorship Programme for Women-led SMEs in Africa. The programme, in its second year, pairs selected women entrepreneurs from small and medium...