Posts on the Topic "farmers"
Zoominar V on The Role of Youth in Agri-Food System Innovation in the Context of COVID-19
18/05/2020
Background Young people are driving innovation in agri-food systems and have a key role to play in achieving global food security and nutrition. The current crisis has brought both new challenges and opportunities for young innovators working to transform the sector. Paramount to ensuring that young...19/ 05
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Exploring new frontiers for terrestrial observation and monitoring
Rome, Italy 19/05/2020 – 21/05/2020
The FAO Geospatial Unit (CBDS) organises a 3-day online consultation, 19-21 May 2020 on exploring new frontiers for terrestrial observation and monitoring with particular focus on revamping the Global Terrestrial Observation System (GTOS), the Global Land Cover database (GLC-SHARE) and upgrading the Global Agro-Ecological Zoning (GAEZ)
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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...06/ 05
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Global Digital Development Forum
New York, United States of America 06/05/2020 – 09/05/2020
This virtual ICT4D conference is a global transformative peer-learning digital development event specifically designed to include practitioners from low- and middle-income countries.
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How innovations are WFP’s allies in the fight against coronavirus
04/05/2020
The World Food Programme is scaling up operations in more than 80 countries with a little help from techies and creatives In a recent article, WFP has shared how the innovative use of technologies is helping the organization respond to the COVID19 pandemic. Technology and innovation have always been...
Innovation Challenge by GIZ
03/04/2020
The GIZ agricultural Innovation fund is looking for startups or small businesses with innovative ideas for the agri-food sector in Africa (Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali...
Report on E- Consultation on ‘Youth Employment in Africa as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa’ published in French and Spanish
31/03/2020
The summary report on the online discussion, 'Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa' is now available in English| French| Spanish The online e-consultation on Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in...06/ 03
2020
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”
Rome, Italy 06/03/2020
The United Nations theme for the observance of the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 is: "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. Since 2020 marks also the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, which took place in Beijing in September 1995, this year’s IWD presents a unique opportunity to review the global progress made on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the last 25 years, identify the gender gaps that still remain, and outline the way forward.
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...