E-Agriculture

government(s) News and Events

  • Partnerships - ICT4D Conference

    Register for the ICT4D Conference and hear from 40+ speakers including : Sean Callahan, President & CEO, Catholic Relief Services Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia on Public Health, previously Under-Secretary General of Partnerships, IFRC Natasha Sunderji,...

  • Azerbaijan gets digital with “eagro”

    Electronic Agricultural Information System – e-agriculture in Azerbaijan Currently, the sector accounts for less than 10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product and employs around 40 percent of the population. To further develop the agriculture sector, the government of Azerbaijan has adopted a strategic roadmap on agricultural production and processing in 2016 that foresees the establishment of an integrated electronic information portal was one of the major targets aiming to create a unified system that incorporates basic principles of the data management to form a comprehensive...

  • UAE/FAO UN75 Webinar on Research, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems

    Register for the event here The United Arab Emirates Vision 2021 underscores innovation, research, science and technology as key pillars of a knowledge-based, highly productive and competitive economy, driven by entrepreneurs in a business-friendly environment. The Food and Water Security Office (FWSO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are partnering to develop an agenda for research, technology and innovation, together with its implementation roadmap and monitoring and evaluation mechanism. This event is organized also in the context of the UN75 talks with...

  • Digital Abuse: Linking cybersecurity and intimate-partner violence

    PANEL DISCUSSION: DIGITAL ABUSE Linking cybersecurity and intimate-partner violence Thursday 3 December 2020 TEAMS Live| 14:00 - 15:30 CET PANELISTS: Maggie Abourizk, Investigations Officer @ WFP-OIGI Xena Olsen: Threat intelligence analyst, MBA in IT management, doctorate student of cybersecurity...

  • 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...

  • Launch of the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA)

    Thursday, 26 November | 15:00 Rome time (CET)| Register here The State of Food and Agriculture , one of FAO's major annual flagship publications, aims at bringing to a wider audience balanced science-based assessments of important issues in the field of food and agriculture. Each edition of the...
    Italy, Rome

  • 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...
    Thailand

  • The United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) Regional Launch in NENA

    The United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019 - 2028 Regional E-Launch in the Near East and North Africa Region Tuesday, 24 November 2020 at 11:00 – 15:00 (GMT+2) To attend, please make sure to register using the below link: Registration Link For more information, please check the concept note...