Posts on the Topic "gender"
Invitation to Participate: Foresight Survey on Women Empowerment in Agrifood Innovation
20/06/2025
The Office of Innovation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched two complementary foresight surveys to inform a forthcoming report on gender-transformative innovations and women's empowerment in agrifood innovation ecosystems. These surveys are part of our...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.
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.
Featuring
13/ 04
2023
Publication Launch: THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS
13/04/2023
Online on Zoom: Register here
Opening remarks by the FAO Director-General
The FAO report The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems will be launched during a high-level event on Thursday, 13 April.
Grenada enhances digital agriculture and innovation to improve sector-wide sustainability
04/04/2023
Nikola Trendov, FAO Digital Agriculture and Innovation Specialist, presents the Digital Innovation Agriculture Hubs concept model. 04 April 2023. Rome. Grenada’s Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Fisheries and Cooperatives has partnered with FAO to launch two projects aimed at promoting digital...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
Register for the WSIS Action Line C7: E-Agriculture - Digital in Action - Agrifood systems Transformation for SDGs achievement
07/03/2023
Embedding Digital as a component to common efforts and policies for agrifood systems is crucial, as it is the enabling tool that can bridge us all towards development, leaving no one behind. On the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2023, FAO is organizing a special...
AI Ethics: An Abrahamic commitment to the Rome Call
10/01/2023
(left to right: Sheikh Al Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah (Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum); Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and the RenAIssance Foundation; and Chief Rabbi Eliezer Simha Weisz (member of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel). The...
The first Digital Agriculture Bootcamp has concluded successfully
10/01/2023
Background Aiming to foster an enabling ecosystem to empower youth individuals/organizations in digitalization, entrepreneurship, and leadership to transform agri-food systems and digital villages, Global AgriInno Challenge has been co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University. The objective of the...16/ 12
2022
Pitch Event of Global AgriInno Challenge 2022
16/12/2022
16 December Friday| 13:00-15:00 CET 20:00-22:00 Beijing Time
The Global AgriInno Challenge 2022, co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University, encourages youth and women to harness innovation, entrepreneurship, and technologies to address challenges related to the agrifood transformation.