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Focus on the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
23/09/2019
Background Today, there are more than 7 billion people on the planet, a figure that is expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. Overall food production needs to double in a relatively short period of time to meet food demand of the world's population. It is therefore an imperative for the different...
Call for Applications for the online course on Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for Agriculture Development
20/09/2019
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations together with the Pan African Farmers’ Organisation (PAFO) are pleased to call for applications for a new online course “Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for...
FAO hosts the Workshop(s) on Geospatial Technology
17/09/2019
Geospatial technology is an important topic for all FAO staff across all technical areas because it now plays a fundamental role in supporting sustainable and climate resilient agricultural practices to ensure food security. This two part workshop was organised under the Digital Innovation Dialogues...
“Innovating together: connectivity that matters” – ITU Telecom World ‘19
10/09/2019
The International Telecommunication Union in conjunction with partners is holding the ITU Telecom World ’19, in Budapest, Hungary from the 9th to the 12th of September 2019. The theme of this edition is ‘ Innovating together: connectivity that matters’ and brings a cross spectrum of participants...11/ 09
2019
Developing Digital Agriculture Strategy in Europe and Central Asia
Budapest, Hungary 11/09/2019
The joint ITU-FAO session will will take place on 11 September 2019 at 11.00h.
Digital Agriculture Knowledge Sharing - AGRF Side Meeting
04/09/2019
The African Green Revolution Forum is underway in Accra, Ghana and the FAO E-Agriculture team is participating and facilitated a parallel session on Establishing the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture, on the 3rd of September and the FAO CIO director also spoke on the Panel...
Developing Digital Agriculture Strategy in Europe and Central Asia / Fostering Digital Agriculture
03/09/2019
The joint ITU-FAO session will will take place on 11 September 2019 at 11.00h. This session will be held within the framework of the ITU Regional Initiative for Europe on ICT-centric innovation ecosystems that aims at establishing a sustainable culture of innovation through concrete strategic...
Establishing the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
02/09/2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN is participating in the on-going African Green Revolution Forum and is sponsoring a session entitled, “ Establishing the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture” which will be held on the 3rd of September 2019. The session will discuss...
African Green Revolution Forum roars to life
02/09/2019
All roads this week lead to Accra, Ghana which hosts the African Green Revolution Forum 2019 under the theme, “ Grow digital: Leveraging digital transformation to drive sustainable food systems in Africa” The Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) is a platform for global and African leaders to...