Posts on the Topic "extensionists"
The national digital agriculture strategy for Armenia is on its way, with FAO support
07/05/2020
Online consultation helps working group members discuss further steps and share opinion Yerevan, Armenia – An online consultation of the Ministry of Economy and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), held today, marks another step in the development of a national digital...
Challenge Call on the ‘Desert Locust’ at the Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020
19/03/2020
The ‘desert locust’ is one of the challenge calls at the Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020. The Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020 is one of the satellite INSPIRE hackathons. The hackathon is organised in the frame of the IST Africa 2020 Conference. There are 9 challenges in this Kampala edition. The...
Invitation to the Digital Innovation Dialogue: Session 8 Farmer Digital Identity and Data Ownership
25/02/2020
2nd March 2020 14:30-16:00 hours (Rome Time – CET) FAO HQ – Lebanon Room (D209) Remote participation: http://fao.adobeconnect.com/digital_innovation8/ [ Reserve space] Web streaming: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5229/icode/ In 2019, CIO organized seven sessions of Digital Innovation...
Kampala INSPIRE Hackathon 2020
09/02/2020
The news is shared as announced in listservs The INSPIRE Hackathon is a collaborative event for developers, researchers, designers and others interested in open data, volunteered geographic information and citizen observatories. The main driving force for the INSPIRE Hackathon is provided by experts...
Invitation to Experience capitalization for continuous learning course
03/02/2020
This announcement is as published by FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Together with the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS), the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia will co-organize a blended learning programme on experience capitalization for continuous...21/ 01
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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020
Davos, Switzerland 21/01/2020 – 24/01/2020
2020 theme: Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable WorldThe World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters is the foremost creative force for engaging the world's top leaders in collaborative activities to shape the global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of each year.
FAO host a Side Event on the Establishment of an International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture at GFFA 2020
18/01/2020
Berlin 16 January 2020. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted a side event at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture ( GFFA) 2020 meeting. The theme of the event was ‘Towards the establishment of an International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture’. The side event was organized...
African Development Bank launches digital tool to help African youth learn to code
13/12/2019
The African Development Bank and Microsoft have launched the ‘Coding for Employment’ digital training platform, an online tool to provide digital skills to African youth, wherever they are across the continent. The platform teaches technical courses like web development, design, data science and...
Invitation - Digital Innovation Dialogue on Blockchain for Sustainability in Agriculture
29/11/2019
INVITATION TO DIGITAL INNOVATION DIALOGUE: Session 7 Blockchain for S ustainability in Agriculture 10 December 2019, 14:00-15:30– Sheikh Zayed Centre, FA O Headquarter Remote Participation http://fao.adobeconnect.com/digital_blockchain/ Webcast address http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5184...