Posts on the Topic "gender"
Call for Good Practices in Digital Agriculture (or e-Agriculture) and Digital Agriculture Solutions
14/11/2019
Call dates: 14 November 2019 to 31 January 2020 The FAO Digital Innovation Team through the e-Agriculture Community of Practice is calling for submission of (i) Good Practices or Promising on the use of ICTs and digital innovations in agriculture, and/or (ii) Digital Solutions in Agriculture. The...26/ 11
2019
Policy Seminar : Transforming Africa’s Food System with Digital Technologies
26/11/2019
Co-Organized by the Malabo Montpellier Panel and IFPRIAfrican countries have made considerable progress in increasing agricultural productivity and reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. But continued population growth, urbanization, changing diets, and climate change are putting pressure on food systems not only to provide more food but also to make more diverse and nutritious foods available and accessible.
African Drone Business Challenge
28/10/2019
The African Drone Forum’s Business Challenge is the first Pan-African business plan competition designed exclusively for African entrepreneurs that have identified new and innovative business models enabled through drone technology and data. The commercial use cases for drone applications can impact...
The ICT Update No. 92 for September 2019 reflecting on digitalisation published
24/10/2019
The September Issue of ICT Update is now available online and reflects on the 20 years of publishing the ICT Update - nearly 100 issues. The current issue highlights three recurring themes – learning; barriers for inclusion and adoption of ICTs; and innovation and entrepreneurship.An editorial by...23/ 10
2019
Webinar:Towards the establishment of an International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
Rome, Italy 23/10/2019
- Presenter: Mr. Samuel Varas, Director of the Information Technology Division at FAO,
- Moderator: Ms. Meng Zeng, Information Technology Officer at FAO.
Mr. Varas will provide an introduction to the role that digitalization can play in making agriculture more productive and sustainable. He will then present the ideas behind the International Digital Council and the multi-stakeholder process leading to its implementation.
FAO webinar series on strengthening agricultural extension and advisory services system
17/10/2019
17 October. Rome. As a part of FAO’s work in transforming National Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services System (EAS), FAO’s Research and Extension Unit wishes to start a webinar series to raise awareness on various challenges and opportunities related to strengthening and reforming EAS. EAS...
e-Agriculture Survey 2019
01/08/2019
The e-Agriculture team is launching a user survey to obtain feedback from the Community of Practice and interested users to better understand their needs, interaction on the platform and how content can be designed to meet their needs. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete and it...03/ 09
2019
06/ 09
2019
African Green Revolution Forum
Accra, Ghana 03/09/2019 – 06/09/2019
The AGRF is considered the world’s most important and impactful forum for African agriculture, pulling together stakeholders in the agricultural landscape to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African agriculture forward.
Keep in mind the real use of research
05/06/2019
