Posts on the Topic "extensionists"
New digital technologies boost beekeeping for smallholder farmers and family beekeepers
19/05/2025
Beekeeping, or apiculture, is not just a hobby or a side job – it is a vital agricultural activity and essential for food security and biodiversity. Beekeepers, often smallholder or family farmers, play a crucial role in sustaining ecosystems through pollination and ensuring the health of countless...
A call for cases on Pluralistic Extension and Advisory Services in Asia and the Pacific, April 2024
04/04/2024
Background Agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS) consist of all the different activities that provide the information and services needed and demanded by farmers and other value chain actors in rural settings to assist them in developing their own technical, organizational and...
A call for cases on Pluralistic Extension and Advisory Services in Africa, March 2024
06/03/2024
Background Agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS) consist of all the different activities that provide the information and services needed and demanded by farmers and other value chain actors in rural settings to assist them in developing their own technical, organizational and...
Initial exchanges in the e-conversation on "Digitalization and agroecology: a challenging marriage?" - Join us!
19/07/2023
The e-agriculture team kindly agreed to let us re-post 2- or 3-day threads from the e-conversation that we are conducting on "Digitalization and agroecology: a challenging marriage?". This e-conversation is hosted by the Digital Agri Hub in partnership with the Global Forum on Agricultural Research...09/ 06
2023
12/ 06
2023
Enhancing knowledge sharing in support of agricultural innovation system: "Date Palm Digital Research and Innovation Platform"
09/06/2023 – 12/06/2023
FAO's Office of Innovation and the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) are jointly presenting a webinar on: "Enhancing Knowledge Sharing in Support of Agricultural Innovation System: Date Palm Digital Research and Innovation Platform." that will take place on 12 June 2023 at:
08/ 06
2023
Call for innovative digital solutions for agriculture (by 8 June)
Amman, Jordan 08/06/2023
BackgroundLand and water resources in NENA are limited and facing severe stress. Climate change projections suggest more drought and extreme events. A transformative approach is needed to support agricultural production system to become more productive and sustainable to address these challenges.
18/ 05
2023
Digital Villages in action in Europe and Central Asia - LAUNCH EVENT
Budapest, Hungary 18/05/2023
FAO in Europe and Central Asia (REU), along with its partners in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan, is taking action to accelerate the digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas through the Digital Villages Initiative (DVI). Join us for the “Digital Villages in Action in Europe and Central Asia” virtual event, where we will launch DVI actions in eight countries, bringing together policy actors, stakeholders, partners, and beneficiaries.
17/ 04
2023
Perspectives on the way forward toward gender equality in agrifood systems
17/04/2023
Please join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a high-level presentation of a seminal report on the critical roles women play in the global food supply chain.
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Ethiopia - The National DAEAS Stakeholders Forum
24/03/2023
Bringing together key players in the Digital Agriculture ecosystem for collaborative and coordinated roadmap implementation. Date :Tuesday March 28th, 2023 Streaming here Introduction The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Ethiopia are...22/ 03
2023
Digital Agriculture and Innovation Project : Inception and Work Plan Validation Workshop
22/03/2023
- A Global Network of Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs
- Regional e-Agriculture for the Caribbean : A post COVID-19 Mechanism to promote resilient agri-food
To register here