The First Global Event of Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs Project accelerates the upscaling of innovation through sharing of knowledge and global experiences 09.12.2022. Rome . The Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) sub-programme on Global Network Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs held its first global event aimed at sharing knowledge and experiences from four implementing countries and from Wageningen University’s SmartAgriHub project. This FVC event was a panel session at the Digital Agriculture Forum (DAF) 2022 with the participation of the...
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. Side Event: Harnessing Agtech for resilient...
FAO is participating with the following Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Building back better: Forest pathways for a green recovery advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Leveraging interlinkages among the SDGs to realize the 2030...
The FAO Science and Innovation Forum will focus on highlighting the centrality of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for agrifood systems transformation, and encourage a diversity of perspectives based on science and innovation, thereby facilitating rationalization and inclusiveness of debate. The FAO Science and Innovation Forum will be organized together with the World Food Forum (WFF) and Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum in the week of 17th October 2022. More specifically, the objectives of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum are to: explore scientific and technological advances and...
The 2022 Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) aims to inspire research and innovation in sustainable development to end hunger and transform our agrifood systems. In order to gather as many applications from around the world, the deadline has been extended: research teams now have two more weeks to share their innovative idea to transform our agrifoods systems. Applications for the second edition of the one and only WFF research competition are now open until Monday 20 June 2022. Teams of young and young-at-heart researchers are invited to submit a two-page concept this new deadline,...
Hand in Hand Geospatial Platform launched by FAO in 2020 wins recognition at Geospatial World Forum 2022 in Amsterdam Amsterdam/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today received an award of excellence for a digital tool that helps to analyze and compare data on food and agriculture so that interventions can be more targeted to reduce poverty, hunger and increase economic development. FAO’s open-access Hand in Hand (HIH) Geospatial Platform , which provides advanced information, including food security indicators and agricultural statistics, was recognized...
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 enhance the digital skills and innovation capabilities to foster agri-preneurship among youth and women in Rwanda. “This project is coming in addressing first of all the critical challenge we are having in terms of digital skills, but secondly it’s also coming to target more than 50 percent of our...
Nominations are now open for the FAO Champion Award and the FAO Partnership Award until 1 March 2022. The new annual Awards acknowledge progress in achieving FAO's objectives and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Awards are open to individuals, organizations, governments, foundations, academia or private sector leaders across the world. We want to hear successful stories of agrifood systems transformation, advocating for change, or bringing about a chain reaction towards better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life. Celebrate the efforts of...
The ICT4D Conference, leading the international and cross-sector discussion on digital development since 2010, remains in the virtual space for 2022 . As the world fights the pandemic, we continue to offer various individual online events and content. Register the 2nd virtual ICT4D Partnerships...
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 University & Research worked for an agricultural company to gain practical experience growing tomatoes. He returned to China in 2016 and founded a high-tech greenhouse startup. Together with his team of mostly Wageningen students and alumni, Xu is taking part in the Smart Agriculture Competition,...
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. Side Event: Harnessing Agtech for resilient....png?itok=W1v1pWqW)
FAO is participating with the following Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Building back better: Forest pathways for a green recovery advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Leveraging interlinkages among the SDGs to realize the 2030...
The ICT4D Conference, leading the international and cross-sector discussion on digital development since 2010, remains in the virtual space for 2022 . As the world fights the pandemic, we continue to offer various individual online events and content. Register the 2nd virtual ICT4D Partnerships...