The FAO Land and Water Division presents this webinar titled: Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water. The webinar will take place on Thursday 23rd July - 14:30 - 15:30 CEST. Register here
The FAO Land and Water Division presents this webinar titled: Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water. The webinar will take place on Thursday 23rd July - 14:30 - 15:30 CEST. Register here The engagement of youth and young professionals plays a key role achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Today’s youth are more geographically mobile and technologically connected than any other generation. Moreover, they hold a capital of innovative and scalable solutions and ideas that are often overlooked. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, intergenerational exchange and cooperation is...
This year, the 45th edition of UNSCN Nutrition , examines the complexity of the digital world for improved nutrition. Digital technology, in and of itself, cannot fix the world’s food and nutrition problems, nor mend its dysfunctional food systems. However, once improving nutrition is deemed a priority, digital technologies are important tools. The potential of digital technologies to improve nutrition is phenomenal, but so are the risks that these technologies might entail. Most of the articles we present in UNSCN Nutrition 45 consider the potential-risk duality in a range of food-system...
Background As the world is still struggling to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and its disruptive impact on agricultural value chain, the private sector and farmers in the Arab region are facing burdens on how to continue delivering along the agricultural value chain and ensure the continuity of supplies to consumers, for sustaining their livelihoods, from farm to fork. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) leads on this Zoominar session to highlight the role of the private sector in the use of innovation and technology and the potential role of the public-...
Virtual event (Webinar), 22/06/2020 - 22/06/2020 We are pleased to invite all stakeholders to the ITU-FAO webinar on fostering digital agriculture in Europe and Central Asia that will be held on 22 June from 10.00 to 11.00 a.m . It provides an opportunity to present results of the new study on the Status of Digital Agriculture in eighteen countries of Europe and Central Asia conducted jointly by FAO and ITU. At the webinar, some countries can highlight their national good practices and present the work jointly done with ITU and FAO. The event also aims at engaging new partners from the...
FAO Regional Office for Africa and Generation Africa are pleased to invite interested persons to join the webinar, ' Responding to Covid-19 in Africa through youth-led digital solutions in agri-foods systems ' on the 2nd of June, 2020 at 13:00 -14:30, Rome (11:00 -12:30, Accra /14:00 -15:30,...
WSIS Forum 2020: Open Consultation Process (OCP) Special briefing to all Stakeholders on the Virtual Format and Programme Date : Thursday, 28 May 2020 Time : 14:00 – 15:00 CEST Register to attend
FAO Regional Office for Africa and Generation Africa are pleased to invite interested persons to join the webinar, ' Responding to Covid-19 in Africa through youth-led digital solutions in agri-foods systems ' on the 2nd of June, 2020 at 13:00 -14:30, Rome (11:00 -12:30, Accra /14:00 -15:30, Nairobi) REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND This webinar will be intepreted in French, and this webinar is co-organised with CIO Digital Innovation Dialogue The webinar programme Agenda item Resource Person 1. Opening remarks: (5 minutes) By the Moderator: Ade Freeman ,Regional Programme Leader,FAO/Regional Oce for...
Background Young people are driving innovation in agri-food systems and have a key role to play in achieving global food security and nutrition. The current crisis has brought both new challenges and opportunities for young innovators working to transform the sector. Paramount to ensuring that young people and their transformative ideas thrive is the ability of governments and partners to deliver an enabling environment and the business and technical support they need to grow. The Zoominar will address the following questions: How have young ag-tech innovators been affected by the crisis? How...
The summary report on the online discussion, 'Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa' is now available in English | French | Spanish 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. This e-consultation was organized to gather views of youths (especially those who could not attend) the 20-21...
