Posts on the Topic "decision-makers"
High Level Panel – Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2019
08/01/2019
Utilizing the Power of Digital Innovations for youth, smallholders and family farmers. The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is organized by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany) and is hosted by the European Commission and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...18/ 01
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The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA)
Berlin, Germany 18/01/2019
The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is organized by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany) and is hosted by the European Commission and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The theme of GFFA 2019 is “Agriculture Goes Digital – Smart Solutions for Future Farming”
"The use of ICTs for agriculture is a multi-stakeholder initiative..." an interview with FAO's Gerard Sylvester
19/12/2018
e-Agriculture interviews Mr. Gerard Sylvester (Knowledge and Information Management Officer) who is based at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Gerard has worked over the years in the area of e-Agriculture and recently co-organised the E-agriculture Solutions Forum 2018 with ITU and...
EIP-AGRI Seminar 'Multi-level strategies for digitising agriculture and rural areas’ in session
12/12/2018
The EIP-AGRI seminar “ Multi-level strategies for digitising agriculture and rural areas” roared into life today and seeks to provide a platform that will stimulate debate on digitisation of agriculture and rural areas – combining European, national, regional and local levels. This event is...
Focus on FAO-ITU E-agriculture Solutions Forum 2018
04/12/2018
The E-agriculture Solutions Forum 2018 was held from 15 to 17 November 2018 and was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P.R. of China and in...
Call for abstracts on Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment 2019 Edition
23/11/2018
ITU invites interested authors to submit papers to be considered for the third issue of the publication " Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment 2019". The ITU online publication “Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment”, which is released annually, puts together scholarly articles...
Hack for Harvests : How drones and smartphones are helping Ugandan farmers save their crops from pests and diseases
22/11/2018
On the sidelines of the International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farming, FAO also hosted the Digital Innovation Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop which saw young entrepreneurs who won the #HackAgainstHunger/Africa participating. Below we share one of the innovation stories...
Driving Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers by Leveraging Satellite Data and Machine Learning
21/11/2018
Globally, there are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers -- and some 2.5 billion people living in smallholder farmer households -- who rely on agricultural production for their livelihood. These farmers feed 80% of the population in developing countries. By 2050 the world’s population is...
The Call for Nominations is Now Open!
21/11/2018
International Innovation Award for Sustainable Food and Agriculture The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Switzerland have announced the call for nominations for the 1st International Innovation Award for the Sustainable Food and Agriculture. The call is targeted at...