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...
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...
“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...
FAO and Switzerland celebrate annual awards at World Food Forum [ As published on FAO News ] 1 October 2021, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Federal Government of Switzerland have announced the winners of the 2021 edition of the annual International Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems, a joint initiative designed to encourage and celebrate innovation and entrepreneurs who successfully implement outstanding projects in the agriculture sector. The awards were announced in a virtual ceremony with the participation of FAO Director-General...
WFF Masterclass: “Blockchain 101” Monday, 04 Oct. 2021, 14:00-15:00 (CEST) Register here The United Nations is taking now forward the strategic discussion on blockchain positioning, development, and implementation to show its relevance; and in the context of the World Food Forum (WFF), its impact...
The Regional Innovation Forum for Europe, organized within the framework of the 2021 ITU Global Innovation Forum, will take place virtually from 22 to 23 September 2021. It is organized with the support of the Ministry of Information Society and Administration of the Republic of North Macedonia. The global COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to reflect and reimagine digital ecosystems that accelerate sustainable digital transformation in the Europe region. Most stakeholders are facing the same struggle: to manage and recover from the consequences of the pandemic. The Europe...
September 16, 2021, Beijing – Hundreds of aspiring agricultural scientists and practitioners around the world have applied to join the Smart Agriculture Competition, with about 100 making the initial cut as the annual contest moves into the preliminary round. The panel is composed of leading experts and growers with diverse backgrounds including horticulture, crop modeling, algorithm design and policymaking. The teams will be evaluated on the creativity, applicability, and sustainability of their proposed approaches as well as their commercialization plans. "The Competition is an example of a...
JOIN FAO and ITU Awards Ceremony: “Digital Excellence in Agriculture: ITU-FAO Regional Contest in Europe and Central Asia" 23 September 2021 (9h30 – 12h30 CEST) To register, click here ! In November 2020, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Office for Europe and ITU Regional...
Artificial Intelligence for A Digital Blue Planet is a three-day global forum (28–30 June 2021), that will bring together data scientists, analysts and researchers from marineresearch institutions and universities around the world to share their knowledge, skills and innovative ideas while discussing ways AI could help promote the use of knowledge to improve the management of our aquaticecosystems The objective of the forum The forum will initiate an ambitious global collaboration and scope the development of an AI platform with the capacity to share the knowledge required to produce...
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WFF Masterclass: “Blockchain 101” Monday, 04 Oct. 2021, 14:00-15:00 (CEST) Register here The United Nations is taking now forward the strategic discussion on blockchain positioning, development, and implementation to show its relevance; and in the context of the World Food Forum (WFF), its impact...
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JOIN FAO and ITU Awards Ceremony: “Digital Excellence in Agriculture: ITU-FAO Regional Contest in Europe and Central Asia" 23 September 2021 (9h30 – 12h30 CEST) To register, click here ! In November 2020, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Office for Europe and ITU Regional...