E-Agriculture

Posts on the topic "financial inclusion"

Posts on the topic "financial inclusion"

  • Pitch Event of Global AgriInno Challenge 2022

    Register here 16 December Friday| 13:00-15:00 CET 20:00-22:00 Beijing Time The Global AgriInno Challenge 2022, co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University, encourages youth and women to harness innovation, entrepreneurship, and technologies to address challenges related to the agrifood...

  • Register to attend the WSIS Action Line C7: E-Agriculture "ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: through digital skills for youth and women in agriculture"

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in conjunction with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) invite interested persons to attend virtually and in-person (for those already in Geneva) the following WSIS Session: Theme "ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: through digital skills for youth and women in agriculture" Time Thursday, 2 June 2022 14:30–16:15 (UTC+02:00) Time Conversion Attend in-person : Room C1, ITU Tower Building ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland virtual : Register here for zoom details About the session This hybrid-session...

  • Impact Maker Program : Targeting MENA and Sub-Sahara region

    Berytech has partnered with Future Agro challenge (FAC), Agricatalyst innovations , FAO and FoodMakers -FAC- South Africa funded by SANAD TAF , for the second edition of the Impact maker program. In this context, the partners are calling for eligible ecosystem builders in the MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa region to apply to the Impact Maker Program. The organizers are looking for ecosystem builders (incubators, accelerators, NGOs, for profit enterprises…) interested to strengthen their capacities of Impact Makers to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the agrifood sector, to join a 12-...

  • COVID-19 and e-commerce: a global review

    The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Regional Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean have published a report entitled, “COVID-19 and e-commerce: a global review”. The report notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformations, with e-commerce digital solutions increasing globally. However, while witnessing a similar growth of e-commerce in the developing world, existing digital divides are likely to result in even greater inequalities. The report acknowledges the impact of COVID-19 globally, for example, it states, ‘The...

  • Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum 2020 for Asia-Pacific

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are organising Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum (DASF) for Asia and the Pacific 2020 (formally called E-agriculture Solutions Forum) that will be held virtually from 30 November – 2 December 2020. Register here to attend The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several opportunities where digital technologies can help various stakeholders. In particular, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), mobile applications...

  • CONNECTING YOUTH-LED DIGITAL INNOVATIONS TO FAO PROGRAMMES IN AFRICA

    Session Name: Connecting youth-led digital innovations to FAO and Partners’ Programmes in Africa Date: Monday, 07 September 2020 Time: 11:00 – 13:00 pm Venue: Virtual AGRF Channel Moderated by : Dickson Mbando Naftali, Head of Generation Africa Context: FAO and its patners seek to create a “Digital...

  • 粮农组织赞扬以知识共享促数字农业发展的首次贡献

    粮农组织电子农业平台旨在促进沟通与创新，现已发布中国《数字农业农村发展规划（2019—2025年）》 在近期召开的全球粮食和农业论坛(GFFA)上，71个国家的农业部长赞赏了建立国际粮食和农业数字化理事会的 相关工作进展 。2020年2月7日，粮农组织在其电子农业平台上发布了中国《数字农业农村发展规划(2019-2025年)》，便于各界参阅分享。 中国《数字农业农村发展规划(2019-2025年)》已上线粮农组织 电子农业网站 。现有 英文 和 中文 两种版本。 粮农组织总干事屈冬玉表示:"数字化已成为农村转型的重要驱动力，为农民创造了新的机遇。感谢中国愿意在粮农组织的平台发布其国家规划，与世界分享经验和良好实践。希望其他国家也能加入进来，推动全球对话，促进数字农业发展。 "国际粮食及农业数字化理事会旨在提供粮食和农业领域数字化的战略性政策建议，分享最佳做法，交流各国观点和经验以促进国际合作，该理事会正在筹备中。 应2019年全球粮农组织会议上各国农业部长的要求，粮农组织和伙伴国际组织编写了设立理事会的 概念说明 ，之后该文件将交于粮农组织理事机构审批。数字化理事会将推动各方就规范达成共识，并最终降低成本、提高效率、缩小世界数字鸿沟。 宽带 进 村 粮农组织的电子农业平台发布中国国家规划仅是知识共享进程的第一步。该规划为技术和大数据的使用提供了指导方针和实施要点。例如，...

  • Digital Agriculture Knowledge Sharing - AGRF Side Meeting

    The African Green Revolution Forum is underway in Accra, Ghana and the FAO E-Agriculture team is participating and facilitated a parallel session on Establishing the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture, on the 3rd of September and the FAO CIO director also spoke on the Panel Discussion on Evidence-Based Leadership and Data Systems on Tuesday, 3 September from 14:30 – 16:30 On the 4th of September, FAO team is invited to attend and participate to the Digital Agriculture Knowledge Sharing side event, which will see practitioners such as CTA, Dalberg, GSMA, MaMo Panel and...