In today's interconnected world, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is becoming an essential component for modern societies, acting as the backbone for digital services and economic Activities. DPI encompasses a range of digital tools and platforms designed to be accessible, interoperable, and secure, fostering connectivity, communication, and innovation. Its impact on accelerating digital transformation is imperative across various sectors, including agriculture, where it is proved to be crucial by providing the essential building blocks for seamless digital integration in revolutionizing...
In 2024, the landscape of digital public goods (DPGs) saw unprecedented thrust, shaping change across key sectors, from healthcare and education to climate action and sustainable agriculture. The release of the 2024 State of the DPG Ecosystem report by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) Secretariat captures the breadth of progress made by over 40 global members in advancing open and scalable digital solutions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) remains committed to a DPG-first approach in the digitalization of agrifood systems. Championing DPGs, FAO...
“Putting farmers at the center of a sustainable and equitable digital transformation of agriculture” is the core objective of the GFAR Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Transformation of Agriculture. The initial partners in the Action, facilitated by GFAR, are: the Forum of the Americas for Agricultural Research and Technology Development ( FORAGRO ), the Confederation of Family Producers Organizations of the Expanded Mercosur ( COPROFAM ), Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition ( GODAN ) and AgGateway . In the context of this Action, GODAN is hosting a webinar that addresses...
Invitation to attend this webinar and register here Thursday, Sept 10, 2020, 09:00 AM- 10:30 AM ES T WebEx (information enclosed below) Chair : Haishan Fu, Director, Development Data Group, The World Bank Group Speakers : Brian King, Coordinator of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture...
INVITATION TO DIGITAL INNOVATION DIALOGUE: Session 7 Blockchain for S ustainability in Agriculture 10 December 2019, 14:00-15:30– Sheikh Zayed Centre, FA O Headquarter Remote Participation http://fao.adobeconnect.com/digital_blockchain/ Webcast address http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5184/icode/ Blockchain-based solutions to existing challenges are being piloted in many sectors and this technology is finding innovative uses in a wide range of applications. In agriculture, pilots are already being implemented in supply chains, land registrations and to provide digital identities for...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations together with the Pan African Farmers’ Organisation (PAFO) are pleased to call for applications for a new online course “Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for Agriculture Development”. There is an exponential growth in data accompanying the digitalisation of agriculture through the proliferation of mobile technology, remote sensing technologies and distributed computing capabilities among others. The effective management of this data will open up new...
CGIAR and partners are holding the Big Data in Agriculture Convention 201 9 , under the theme, TRUST: Humans, Machines & Ecosystems. This year’s Convention will be hosted by The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT ) and held at their campus in Hyderabad,...
The Technologies and Practices for Small Agricultural Producers (TECA) is an online platform that gathers successful agricultural technologies and practices to facilitate knowledge exchange and help family farmers in the field. Recently TECA has launched the first moderated discussion on the topic of Agricultural Mechanization and is done between FAO AGPM and the Young Professionals in Agriculture and Rural Development (YPARD). The online discussion will be held from the 3rd to the 15th of April 2019 and is addressing the question, “ Can mechanization drive youth into agriculture in Sub-...
YITEDEV-Uganda is organising the Open and FAIR Data in Agriculture and Nutrition workshop with the main goal of unlocking the potential of weather, land and nutrition data to better the food value chain in Uganda.
The FAO e-Agriculture and Harvesting are inviting interested persons to attend the following webinar to be presented on the 25th of October 2018 at 16:00 (CEST) Rome Time [ Convert your time ] To attend kindly register here to receive attendance information and also to get the details of the recording after the event. Webinar details Title : Driving Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers by Leveraging Satellite Data and Machine Learning Abstract There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers in the world. Only 7% have access to financing for inputs like improve seeds, fertilizer...
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Invitation to attend this webinar and register here Thursday, Sept 10, 2020, 09:00 AM- 10:30 AM ES T WebEx (information enclosed below) Chair : Haishan Fu, Director, Development Data Group, The World Bank Group Speakers : Brian King, Coordinator of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture...
CGIAR and partners are holding the Big Data in Agriculture Convention 201 9 , under the theme, TRUST: Humans, Machines & Ecosystems. This year’s Convention will be hosted by The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT ) and held at their campus in Hyderabad,...
YITEDEV-Uganda is organising the Open and FAIR Data in Agriculture and Nutrition workshop with the main goal of unlocking the potential of weather, land and nutrition data to better the food value chain in Uganda.