Dear members of the FSN Forum community,
From the FAO Office of Innovation, we would like to sincerely thank you for your very elaborate and insightful contributions on the design of the ATIO Knowledge Base. We collected your feedback and are going to share a final report with all of you very soon.
All the recommendations and suggestions contained in your contributions will be considered in the further development of the ATIO KB, especially those that have been put forward by more than one participant - and there are many, which tells us that there are a common vision and common values that we all share.
In particular, there was almost unanimous insistence on the importance of context and local relevance (and some of you already illustrated your own real-world local scenarios), the crucial role of grassroots innovations, the consideration of indigenous / traditional knowledge, and the socio-economic and cultural dimensions of adoption. Also the comments we received on the search interface, the taxonomies and the use of AI are quite aligned (mainly elaborating on striking a balance between granularity and usability, and between the efficiency of AI and the accuracy of data, and the need to involve stakeholders in reviewing and updating taxonomies regularly).
Now, we have to refine the design and start addressing the practical aspects of the implementation.
The next step will be a more intense 4 half-day virtual expert consultation during which we will transform the recommendations received so far into an actionable plan and will design an initial form of governance for the ATIO KB. As mentioned in the introduction to this call on the FSN Forum, we would like to contact some of the participants in this discussion to continue the conversation and invite them to the expert consultation.
Looking forward to continued exchanges with you, and thanking you again,
Best regards,
the ATIO KB team
Fabrizio Bresciani, Delgermaa Chuluumbaatar, Valeria Pesce, Martina Miracapillo, Athira Aji
Office of Innovation (OIN)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
the ATIO KB team