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FAO Symposium in Bangkok Showcases Digital Solutions for Water and Climate Challenges
07/12/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific hosted a symposium titled “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Water Management, Climate Resilience, and Food Security” at the Anantara-Siam Hotel in Bangkok. This hybrid e...
INDONESIA | Accelerate implementation of open broadband network to realise Sg Asap Digital Village, says Murum rep
18/02/2023
Borneo Post | The implementation of an open broadband network in Sungai Asap, similar
to Sebauh’s model, needs to be accelerated to realise the Sungai Asap
Digital Village initiative, said Murum assemblyman Kennedy Chukpai Ugon.
INDONESIA | West Java is leading the way for innovative agriculture digitalization in Indonesia's villages
07/03/2023
FAO | Digitalization of agriculture is one of the opportunities to transform
the agri-food system in Indonesia. As a country with nearly 50%
population living in rural area as small farmers and fishers, reaping
benefits out of agriculture using digital technology can become
instrumental for the smallholders.
BANGLADESH | FAO plans to establish fisheries digital village in Gazipur
16/03/2023
Business Post | The FAO in collaboration with Department of Fisheries (DoF) is planning to
establish a dedicated fisheries digital village in Bohuriachala of
Gazipur.
CAMBODIA: Cambodhrra organized a validation workshop on Digital Village Ecosystem Assessment (DVEA)
18/07/2023
Cambodhrra | Cambodhrra organized a validation workshop on Digital
Village Ecosystem Assessment (DVEA), a Rural Transformation and Digital
Village Development activity in selected ASEAN project, on 15 December
2022 at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh.
ASIA & PACIFIC | Fourth Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum for Asia and the Pacific urges scaling up digital innovations to meet agrifood system challenges
29/09/2023
FAO | At the 4th Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum for Asia and the Pacific,
organized in Bangkok from 27-28 September, senior government officials,
agritech developers, young agritech founders, researchers, and
development practitioners from 15 countries have gathered in Bangkok to
take stock of the latest digital agriculture landscape, review
successful innovations, and exchanged on countries programmes and
initiatives.
THAILAND | Grass always greener on model smart farm
29/06/2022
Bangkok Post | It's 10 o'clock in the morning and Prasert Laitim has just finished watering salad greens at Samart Organic Vegetable Farm on a one-rai plot in Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district.
INDIA | FAO launches Digital Village Initiative pilot
06/07/2023
The Tribune Express | FAO has partnered
with the Government of Punjab to launch a Digital Village Initiative
(DVI) pilot site at the Food Security & Agriculture Centre of
Excellency (FACE) in Rahim Yar Khan.