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e-Agriculture Newsletter for April available!
11/04/2018
The e-Agriculture monthly newsletter for April 2018 has been published and sent to subscribed members. This months' newsletter focuses on WSIS Forum 2018, especially on the FAO's participation in this meeting. Some of the WSIS Forum 2018 outcomes for the Action Line C7: E-Agriculture include the...
ICTs showcased within the Agroecology Symposium
04/04/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is hosting the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology: Scaling Up agroecology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which is underway. The 2nd symposium has gathered around 400 policy-makers, practitioners, academics and...
e-Agriculture Twitter members clock 46,000
03/04/2018
The e-Agriculture Community of Practice now has 46,000 members, and invites you to follow us at @FAOeagriculture . By following us you have a chance to receive updates from us and our community of partners in real time, and also you are able to participate in various twitter chats from us and the...
CTA Policy brief focuses on weather information services for smallholder farmers
23/03/2018
The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has published a policy brief that emphasize the importance of weather data, and its derived services for agriculture and nutrition and challenges in dealing with weather data value chain. Farmers need access to accurate and localized...
Invitation to the AGRIS Webinar : AGRIS for Agricultural Information Data providers Webinar
22/03/2018
The AGRIS Team at the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Information Training & Outreach Center for Africa (ITOCA), are pleased to invite you to attend a FREE online Webinar on: AGRIS for Agricultural Information Data providers Details of the Webinar Title...
International Day of Forests 2018 : Forests and Sustainable Cities
21/03/2018
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international...
Invitation to Dgroups Webinar: simple solutions for building communities in your organization
09/03/2018
Have you ever looked for an easy solution to create networks and communities of practice within your organization? Would you like a simple, non-commercial tool, respectful of privacy for team discussions? In need of a knowledge exchange solution that is compatible with low bandwidth users in the...
FAO shares the "7 success factors to empowering rural women through ICTs"
08/03/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women's Day 2018. In Rome FAO, joins other Rome Based Agencies (RBAs) on a joint event hosted by IFAD under the theme, " Linked-in: empowering rural women and girls through media...
International Women’s Day 2018 (#IWD2018) focuses on ICTs in Agriculture
08/03/2018
To mark International Women’s Day 2018 (#IWD2018), FAO, IFAD and WFP are organizing an event that will focus on how media and ICTs can empower rural women and girls to transform their lives. The empowerment of rural women and girls is a central element in the drive to eradicate poverty and hunger...