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The e-Agriculture is a platform of choice for many as they receive news related to ICTs for agriculture. Furthermore, daily around the world a number of events related to ICTs for agriculture are taking place. These may be trainings, meetings, workshops related to the use and upscale of technologies in agriculture. 

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19/11/2018
Focus on the #HackAgainstHunger/Africa ( Online version) In August, FAO hosted #HackAgainst Hunger/Africa in Kigali, Rwanda, to identify and develop youth-led innovative digital solutions that have the potential to transform food and agriculture. The innovation challenge brought together 24 young...
07/09/2018
Focus on the e-Consultation on Youth Employment in Agriculture... through ICTs and Entrepreneurship ( Online version) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of Rwanda and the African Union (AU), are co-organizing a regional conference on “ Youth Employment...
07/09/2018
Focus on the Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS) ( Online Version) The Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS) is a monitoring and education tool that feeds several platforms that are used to make decisions about Fall Armyworm (FAW). The App was developed by...
22/06/2018
Join the E-consultation on ethical, legal and policy aspects of data sharing affecting farmers The e-Agriculture team invites interested individuals to join in the E-Consultation on ethical,legal and policy aspects of open data affecting farmers on the e-Agriculture platform running from the 4th to...
22/06/2018
Focus on the new e-Agriculture website [ Online version] The e-Agriculture team launches the newly designed website which is now hosted under the FAO domain with a corporate look and feel. The new website maintains the core-services such as news, events, forum discussions, good practices on the use...
30/05/2018
Focus on WSIS Forum 2018 [ Online version] This year’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum was held on the 19-23rd of March 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland under the theme “ Leveraging ICTs to Build Information and Knowledge Societies for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
30/05/2018
Focus on Rural Women, Girls and ICTs [ online version] This March is significant for women in the context of agricultural development for three reasons. Firstly, because the 8th of March is the International Women’s Day (IWD), which is dedicated yearly to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and...
30/05/2018
Focus on #HackAgainstHunger #HackAgainstHunger is organized by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with a goal to identify and support innovative solutions to address challenges around food and agriculture. The #HackAgainstHunger is a...
17/04/2018
Dear e-Agriculture CoP Member, The e-Agriculture Team in conjunction with Grameen Foundation are pleased to invite you to the ' FarmerLink in the Philippines : Digital Innovation for Agriculture' Webinar on the 25th of April 2018 at 3 p.m Rome Time. Call for Good and Promising Practices where the...
22/03/2018
Dear e-Agriculture CoP member, We are inviting interested individuals to join remotely to the Building a Framework for Digital Innovation in Agriculture, Session 278 at the WSIS Forum 2018 under the Action Line C7. Any interested individuals are invited to participate. This session is sponsored and...