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Webinar: COVID-19 response and digitalization in Europe and Central Asia

21/05/2021

About the webinar The webinar on COVID-19 response and digitalization aims to present a number of technologies out of the wide digital agriculture range, their interconnectivity and potential benefits, as well as challenges to practical implementation during the pandemic. This webinar will help...

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha

FAO and Fertitecnica Colfiorito partner for the Social Hackathon Umbria 2021 and call for digital solutions to answer sustainable development challenges

21/05/2021

FAO and Fertitecnica Colfiorito partner for the Social Hackathon Umbria 2021 and call for digital solutions to answer sustainable development challenges - DEADLINE EXTENDED (11th June) After a one-year break due to the pandemic, the Social Hackathon Umbria is back and celebrating its fifth...

“Digitalization is the way of the new life and the new economy”

19/05/2021

FAO Director-General emphasizes responsibility and opportunity to overcome digital divide and make technologies available for rural smallholders 18 May 2021, Rome - Digital agriculture can drive the transformation of agri-food systems necessary to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty and build a better...

FAO, ITU and Zhejiang University shed lights jointly on the applications of digital technology and rural e-commerce for food production and security at WSIS Forum 2021

18/05/2021

"We must change course because we are at a critical moment in our time - the world is risking not to achieve zero hunger by 2030",It is with those impacting words that Ismahane Elouafi, FAO Chief Scientist kicked off the session on "E Commerce for Agriculture and Rural Development", held on the 7th...

20/ 05

2021

Webinar : Using Artificial Intelligence and digital data to Reach the Poorest During Emergencies

20/05/2021

“Using Artificial Intelligence and digital data to Reach the Poorest During Emergencies” Recording available

View the recording here.

18/ 05

2021

WSIS Official Opening Segment

18/05/2021

The WSIS Forum provides a multistakeholder platform to foster global cooperation and provide meaningful connections to information society by ensuring Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a key enabler for sustainable development. Under the theme of WSIS Forum 2021 this year: ICTs for Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Societies and Economies (WSIS Action Lines for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals), the WSIS Forum continues to highlight the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines to help accelerate the achievement of the Sustainabl

Joining forces

03/05/2021

FAO, the International Telecommunication Union and Zheijang University are launching the Digital Agriculture Report at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021 on 7 May By 2050, a 60 percent increase in food production will be necessary to cover the needs of the expected 9.6 billion...

Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2021

29/04/2021

Are you a citizen of an African country? Are you an existing developer or aspiring to be one? And you are over 18 years? Then the Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2021 is of interest to you. Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2021 is calling upon interested candidates to apply for this programme...

27/ 04

2021