Posts on the Topic "policy implementation"
FAO hails first contribution to promoting digital agriculture through knowledge-sharing
17/02/2020
FAO's e-agriculture platform promotes dialogue and innovation in agriculture, now hosts China's 2019-25 development plan 7 February 2020, Rome - FAO today welcomes the sharing of China's digital agriculture plan on its e-agriculture platform. This contribution comes on the heels of the latest Global...
Agriculture ministers meeting in Berlin welcomes the FAO-designed concept for an International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
20/01/2020
FAO Director-General hails agreement to establish the international body to promote digital technologies for sustainable agriculture and food security As published on FAO News, and re-shared for the benefits of e-Agriculture users 18 January 2020, Berlin - The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (...
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...
The multi-stakeholder consultation on the establishment of the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture gathers momentum at CFS46
18/10/2019
CFS delegates attend the side event for the establishment of the digital council Rome. 18 October 2019. The Food and Agriculture Organization hosted and led a multi-stakeholder consultation on the establishment of the International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture in a side event of the...
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...
FAO hosts Digital Innovation Dialogue session 4: Digital Transformation and Gender Equality
02/10/2019
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emphasizes the importance of gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls ( SDG 5). There is a need to leverage information and communication technologies (ICTs) to empower women and also for the achievement of all SDG Goals. The linkages between...
INNOVATION Quarterly Update
26/09/2019
The INNOVATION Quartely Update (2019 #3) has been released! The update provides an overview of highlights from the innovation activities of UN organisations affiliated with the UN innovation Network.There are very exciting news from the UN Community, below we review a few selection of the...
FAO hosts the Workshop(s) on Geospatial Technology
17/09/2019
Geospatial technology is an important topic for all FAO staff across all technical areas because it now plays a fundamental role in supporting sustainable and climate resilient agricultural practices to ensure food security. This two part workshop was organised under the Digital Innovation Dialogues...11/ 09
2019
Developing Digital Agriculture Strategy in Europe and Central Asia
Budapest, Hungary 11/09/2019
The joint ITU-FAO session will will take place on 11 September 2019 at 11.00h.
