Posts on the Topic "Technologies"
Webinar on Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in Agriculture on 1 March
28/02/2022
Join us for our webinar jointly presented by FAO China and Pinduoduo Inc. on Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in Agriculture, at 9:00-10:30 (Rome time)/16.00-17.30 (Beijing time) on 1 March 2022. This 1.5 hours webinar aims to explore, and discuss the potential scenarios for...
New project to enhance digital literacy and foster agri-preneurship among youth and women in Rwanda
17/02/2022
Agricultural digitalization and bridging the gaps of digital literacy among the local farmers to entice more youth to be agri-preneurs 17/02/2022. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Rwanda Development Board has launched a new project to...11/ 02
2022
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11/02/2022
Date : 11 February 2022
Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Over the past decades, the global community has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science.
What’s cooking? Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System
03/02/2022
The Worldbank Group has recently published a new edition on “ Digital Transformation of the Agrifood System” as part of the What’s Cooking series. The Agriculture and Food Series is intended to prompt public discussion and inform policies that will deliver higher incomes, reduce hunger, improve...
Apply now for the 2022 Champion and Partnership Awards by 15 March 2022
01/02/2022
Nominations are now open for the FAO Champion Award and the FAO Partnership Award until 1 March 2022. The new annual Awards acknowledge progress in achieving FAO's objectives and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Awards are open to individuals, organizations, governments, foundations...
2021 Digital Public Goods Alliance Report
10/01/2022
The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) recently published its 2021 Annual Report that surmise both the contribution from over 20 organizations working in the digital public goods ecosystem and the work of the DPGA itself. The report highlights these activities, and details some examples of the...
Impact Maker Program : Targeting MENA and Sub-Sahara region
07/01/2022
Berytech has partnered with Future Agro challenge (FAC), Agricatalyst innovations, FAO and FoodMakers -FAC- South Africa funded by SANAD TAF, for the second edition of the Impact maker program. In this context, the partners are calling for eligible ecosystem builders in the MENA and Sub-Saharan...25/ 01
2022
27/ 01
2022
2nd ICT4D Partners' Conference
25/01/2022 – 27/01/2022
The ICT4D Conference, leading the international and cross-sector discussion on digital development since 2010, remains in the virtual space for 2022. As the world fights the pandemic, we continue to offer various individual online events and content.
Register the 2nd virtual ICT4D Partnerships Conference 2022 exploring tech choices and collaborations, partnering locally, and data sharing in partnerships.
Dive-into the future of digital agriculture as envisioned by the youth at the Global AgriInno Challenge 2021
19/12/2021
On 9 December 2021, over 400 passionate audience from 53 countries attended the on-line Pitch Event of the Global AgriInno Challenge 2021 to witness 10 youth-led teams pitching their innovative solutions in front of an international jury from FAO, Zhejiang University, ITU, UNWTO, Chinese Academy of...