News and events

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16/06/2020
Artificial Intelligence VS Farmers: who can produce the best strawberries It’s man versus machine in a smart agriculture competition pitting top scientists and growers to see whether artificial intelligence or human experience will triumph in producing the best strawberries. The inaugural Duo Duo...
15/06/2020
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, and Cornell University are spearheading an evidence review of how the proliferation of digital technology and data analytics in agriculture is contributing to the lives of farmers and agricultural service providers in developing country economies. The...

15/ 06

2020

15/06/2020

Title :  "DryArc Interface as a R4D framework for collaboration between CGIAR and FAO on Dryland Agriculture"

Speaker : Dr. Chandrashekar Biradar,  Head of Geoinformatics Units | International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)

25/ 06

2020

25/06/2020

ITU is organising "Building Smart Villages: A Blueprint". A comprehensive Whole-of-Government approach for Rural Digital Transformation" webinar to be held 25 June 2020 at 14:00-15:30 Geneva time.

10/06/2020
Virtual event (Webinar), 22/06/2020 - 22/06/2020 We are pleased to invite all stakeholders to the ITU-FAO webinar on fostering digital agriculture in Europe and Central Asia that will be held on 22 June from 10.00 to 11.00 a.m.​ It provides an opportunity to present results of the new study on the...
09/06/2020
The e-Agriculture Team and FAO-RNE is pleased to invite interested person to join and listen to the following webinar Title : " DryArc Interface as a R4D framework for collaboration between CGIAR and FAO on Dryland Agriculture" Speaker : Dr. Chandrashekar Biradar, Head of Geoinformatics Units |...
05/06/2020
[As published by our partner International Telecommunications Union] In collaboration with Niger National Agency for the Information Society (ANSI), ITU is releasing a new joint publication entitled “ Building Smart Villages: A Blueprint” to promote a promising approach to bringing meaningful...

02/ 06

2020

Ghana 02/06/2020

FAO Regional Office for Africa and Generation Africa are pleased to invite interested persons to join the webinar,

'Responding to Covid-19 in Africa through youth-led digital solutions in agri-foods systems'

on the 2nd of June, 2020 at 13:00 -14:30, Rome (11:00 -12:30, Accra /14:00 -15:30, Nairobi)

28/ 05

2020

Geneva, Switzerland 28/05/2020

WSIS Forum 2020: Open Consultation Process (OCP) Special briefing to all Stakeholders on the Virtual Format and Programme

Date: Thursday, 28 May 2020

Time: 14:00 – 15:00 CEST

Register to attend

22/05/2020
FAO Regional Office for Africa and Generation Africa are pleased to invite interested persons to join the webinar, ' Responding to Covid-19 in Africa through youth-led digital solutions in agri-foods systems' on the 2nd of June, 2020 at 13:00 -14:30, Rome (11:00 -12:30, Accra /14:00 -15:30, Nairobi)...