Posts on the Country "Rwanda"
05/ 09
2022
09/ 09
2022
AGRF 2022 Summit
Kigali, Rwanda 05/09/2022 – 09/09/2022
The AGRF, Africa’s premier forum for driving the food and agriculture agenda in the continent, will host its 12th annual summit under the theme Grow. Nourish. Reward – Bold Actions for Resilient Food Systems from September 5-9, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
07/ 06
2022
08/ 06
2022
Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable at WTDC
Kigali, Rwanda 07/06/2022 – 08/06/2022
The Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable will be an open global event spanning over three days from Tuesday 7 June to Thursday 9 June 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
The Roundtable is an integral part of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) and will be held in a hybrid format.
It will give an opportunity for member states, private sector, academia, civil society, international organizations, and other entities to announce their pledges related to the P2C Digital Coalition and advance together digital transformation for all.
New project to enhance digital literacy and foster agri-preneurship among youth and women in Rwanda
17/02/2022
Agricultural digitalization and bridging the gaps of digital literacy among the local farmers to entice more youth to be agri-preneurs 17/02/2022. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Rwanda Development Board has launched a new project to...
Invitation to the session "Connecting youth-led digital solutions to FAO programmes" at AGRF 2020
02/09/2020
You are cordially invited to the FAO-CTA-Generation Africa side event at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2020 ( www.agrf.org) on "Connecting youth-led digital innovations to FAO Programmes in Africa". Please see attached the agenda. The event will take place on Monday, 07 September 2020...
Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020
09/02/2020
The news is shared as announced in listservs The INSPIRE Hackathon is a collaborative event for developers, researchers, designers and others interested in open data, volunteered geographic information and citizen observatories. The main driving force for the INSPIRE Hackathon is provided by experts...
Africa's agriculture ministers discuss strategies to scale up digitalization of agriculture
02/07/2019
Xinhuanet reports that Africa's agriculture ministers and development partners on in June 2019 met in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda, to discuss successful strategies for scaling up digitalization of African agriculture. Meeting under the Malabo Montpellier Forum, participants are discussing the...
The report on the online discussion: Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa
08/11/2018
The online e-consultation on Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa was held on the 16th of July to the 10th of August 2018 on the FAO FSN Forum. The e-consultation took four weeks and saw participants from 33 countries who shared 90 contributions...
Climate change and variability underscore need for innovation in farming
24/10/2018
The original post was published by FAO Rwanda, reproduced for e-Agriculture Community for news purposes The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have taken steps to boost the capacity of extension workers and farmers to respond to...
Africa bets on technology to lure youth to farming
05/10/2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation profiles young farmers who have stayed on the farms despite a drift of young people from farming in Africa. According to the African Development Bank, Africa has the world’s youngest population with 60% of its 1.2 billion people under 25. Yet Africa’s young people are off...