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 Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) recently published its 2021 Annual Report that surmise both the contribution from over 20 organizations working in the digital public goods ecosystem and the work of the DPGA itself. The report highlights these activities, and details some examples of the work done under the DPGA. The DPGA divides its work into 3 streams – (i) core activities which are driven wholly by the DPGA Secretariat, (ii) coordinated activities driven by stakeholders in partnership or close coordination with the DPGA Secretariat, and (iii) aligned activities driven by...
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-...
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...
On 9 December 2021, over 400 passionate audience from 53 countries attended the on-line Pitch Event of the Global AgriInno Challenge 2021 to witness 10 youth-led teams pitching their innovative solutions in front of an international jury from FAO, Zhejiang University, ITU, UNWTO, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Top Cloud Agri-Tech Company. The Global AgriInno Challenge (GAC) 2021 was co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University, with the support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China and Pinduoduo. Its aim is to encourage youth and women to harness innovation...
The event "Digital transformation based on ICT innovations for the development of the digital economy" , is co-organized by ITU and the State University of Telecommunication of Ukraine. This event will be held on 15 December from 9:30 to 15:20 CET, at the State University of Telecommunication in...
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,...
CropIn Technology is a ‘full-stack’ Agri-tech organization that provides a complete farm and farmer management system on its artificial intelligence and machine learning-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform and sustainable business models to agribusinesses, governments, and development...
Pitch Event | Global AgriInno Challenge 2021 9 December | 13:00 -15:00 CET Register Now Join us for the upcoming Pitch Event of the Global AgriInno Challenge (GAC) 2021 which will be held on Thursday, 9 December, 13:00-15:00 hours CET. The GAC 2021, co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China and Pinduoduo, aims to encourage youth and women to harness innovation, entrepreneurship, and technologies to address challenges related to the transformation of rural villages into ‘Digital Villages’ that contribute to the Four...
“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...