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19/12/2022
The Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) sub-programme on Global Network Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs held its second global event with a theme on “ Sharing experiences about Innovation Challenges”, bringing together innovators, young entrepreneurs, and field experts. Innovation Challenges...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
14/12/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is launching a newly updated software and training package to empower rural entrepreneurs, agricultural extension workers and investors. RuralInvest is a free step-by-step toolkit, now offering new, user-friendly and...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
14/12/2022
In 2022 countries increasingly recognised and implemented digital public goods as part of their digital transformations. Alongside this growth, the DPGA has seen an increase in the frequency, nuance, and sophistication with which digital public goods are spoken about. This represents an exciting...

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2022

14/12/2022

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is delighted to invite you to attend the launch event for the new RuralInvest – a free toolkit to build bankable, sustainable agribusiness proposals, developed by FAO division of Digitalization and Informatics. 

Date: 14 December 2022

Time:

  • 14:00-16:00: Presentation of the new RuralInvest 
  • 16:00-18:00: Technical session for RIV users

Languages:

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2022

16/12/2022

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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 transformation.

08/12/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is delighted to invite you to attend the launch event for the new RuralInvest – a free toolkit to build bankable, sustainable agribusiness proposals, developed by FAO division of Digitalization and Informatics. Date...
08/12/2022
The Digital Public Goods Alliance’s Food Security Community of Practice, co-chaired by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation ( Norad) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN ( FAO), are collaborating to identify open source software, data, and content collections that provide...

07/ 12

2022

07/12/2022

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre is delighted to invite you to attend the launch event for the new RuralInvest – a free toolkit to build bankable, sustainable agribusiness proposals, developed by FAO division of Digitalization and Informatics. 

Date: 14 December 2022

Time: 14:00-16:00: Presentation of the new RuralInvest· 

07/12/2022
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...