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2025 Global Multi-Stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue - SIDS Partnership Labs hosted by FAO

2025 Global Multi-Stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue - SIDS Partnership Labs hosted by FAO

Date: 12 December 2025

Time: 13:30-2:45 p.m. (New York time) / 7:30-8:45 p.m. (Rome time) 

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3:00-4:15 p.m. (New York time) / 9:00-10:15 p.m. (Rome time)

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HASTEN Lecture: Advancing agrifood innovation systems through inclusive approaches in science, technology and innovation – Key lessons from Ethiopia and Peru
December 2025
The lecture forms part of the HASTEN lecture series. It will explore how inclusive digital innovations can help address major challenges in agrifood systems transformation and advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on the experiences of small scale and family farmers and micro, small and medium sized enterprises, it will examine the persistent barriers that limit the identification, access and adoption of digital technologies and discuss practical ways to overcome them. The lecture...

e-Agriculture is a global community of practice that facilitates dialogue, information exchange and sharing of ideas related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable agriculture and rural development.

The mission of e-Agriculture is to facilitate the discussion on the adoption and use of ICTs and digital innovations in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, natural resource management and rural development.

e-Agriculture was born out of Action Line C7 ICT Applications: e-agriculture from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO of the UN) was assigned as facilitator of this action line and also took up the role of the facilitation of the e-Agriculture Community of Practice

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is pleased to announce the second E-Dialogue of the Agrifood Sustainability and Innovation Series, to be held online on 11 February 2026, from 14:00 to...
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26/01/2026
FAO has published the Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) – Annual Progress Report 2024, highlighting how pooled, non-earmarked and softly earmarked partner contributions are driving innovation and impact across agrifood systems. The report showcases key achievements of FVC-funded subprogrammes...
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From Local Forest Monitoring to Digital Innovation in Agrifood Systems: Open Foris in Action In Uganda, forest monitoring has moved from paper-based field notes to cloud-enabled digital analysis. Forest officers now collect data in the field using mobile devices and analyse satellite imagery through...