FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Embracing change with the Digital Villages Initiative in Uzbekistan

©FAO/Daniil Dolidze

03/09/2023
In the heart of the Fergana Valley, Shaodatkhon Oripova, a 62-year-old mother of three, combats the challenges of rural farming with modern technology. Embracing the power of the internet of things, she exemplifies the transformative wave that the Digital Villages Initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brings to farming communities in Uzbekistan.