Webinar on Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in Agriculture on 1 March

28/02/2022

Join us for our webinar jointly presented by FAO China and Pinduoduo Inc. on Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in Agriculture, at 9:00-10:30 (Rome time)/16.00-17.30 (Beijing time) on 1 March 2022. This 1.5 hours webinar aims to explore, and discuss the potential scenarios for...

How Smart Agriculture Competition is helping young agricultural talent in China to shine

09/12/2021

08/12/2021. For agricultural entrepreneur Xu Dan, one big hurdle he had to cross in his career in farming was transitioning from lab-based research work to practical application in a commercial setting. To make the jump, the master’s degree holder in organic agriculture from Holland’s Wageningen...

The ´Digital agriculture report: Rural e-commerce development: Experience from China´ is officially launched

27/09/2021

Firstly presented during the session on ´E-Commerce for Agriculture and Rural Development, which was held on the 7th of May 2021 in close collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Zhejiang University under WSIS Action Line C7 on E-Agriculture and which topic this year...

Smart Agriculture Competition entered preliminary round

20/09/2021

September 16, 2021, Beijing – Hundreds of aspiring agricultural scientists and practitioners around the world have applied to join the Smart Agriculture Competition, with about 100 making the initial cut as the annual contest moves into the preliminary round. The panel is composed of leading experts...

New deadline for submissions to the Open Call for the Global AgriInno Challenge

16/09/2020

FAO and Zhejiang University are co-organizing the Global AgriInno Challenge 2020 to harness innovation solutions in response to the challenges associated with distribution and sales of agri-food products. The call is open to all youths with digital innovations or ideas for the agri-food sector, this...

Duoduo Smart Agriculture Competition launched

16/06/2020

Artificial Intelligence VS Farmers: who can produce the best strawberries It’s man versus machine in a smart agriculture competition pitting top scientists and growers to see whether artificial intelligence or human experience will triumph in producing the best strawberries. The inaugural Duo Duo...

INVITATION – DIGITAL INNOVATION DIALOGUE: China’s Approaches and Experiences in Digital Agriculture and Digital Rural Area – 11 OCTOBER 2019, 10:00-11:30– IRAN ROOM,

10/10/2019

FAO DIGITAL INNOVATION DIALOGUE: Session 6 - China’s Approaches and Experiences in Digital Agriculture and Digital Rural Area Abstract In recent years, China has made great efforts to promote the integration of the internet, big data, artificial intelligence with the development of agriculture and...

China, FAO jointly promotes agricultural industry development in poor rural areas

15/07/2019

Article is shared as published by XINHUANET BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday jointly launched a project to boost agricultural industry development in the country's poverty-stricken rural areas. The "Development of...

South-South cooperation on agriculture a key ingredient for Zero Hunger

02/11/2018

The full item of this news appeared on the FAO News, we reproduce just the first part for our readers and we direct them to the original source : e-Agriculture Editor. 2 November 2018, Changsha CHINA - Government representatives attending the Ministerial Forum on South-South Cooperation in...