The Digital Public Good Alliance (DPGA)'s State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report 2023 showcases the power of  Digital Public Goods (DPGs) in shaping a better future.

 

The 2023 Science and Innovation Forum has come to an end, leaving the world with a renewed sense of hope and purpose. The discussions, collaborations, and innovations that unfolded during this event have ignited a spark in the global scientific community, compelling us to work collectively towards a brighter, more sustainable future.

From 16 to 28 September 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized four workshops in Pakistan, involving more than 120 experts from national and international institutions.

Showcasing two of its flagship initiatives in the area of digital transformation, FAO will host two interactive Innovation Talks at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2023 (SIF 2023).

FAO's new Agroinformatics Platform (AP) aims to showcase through its expansion all the new possibilities and horizons that are opening now to enable more targeted interventions on the ground.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) invites you to play a pivotal role in advancing global digital agriculture for targeted interventions. For this, a new AgroInformatics Platform User Feedback Survey has just been launched, as a key initiative to elevate user experiences.

On International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, the spotlight shines on the launch of the FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP), a groundbreaking initiative in the global battle against food loss and waste. 

From 12 to 14 September 2023, experts and professionals met at FAO's headquarters for the GeoField Convening. The event served as a pivotal platform for fostering invaluable discussions and facilitating the exchange of knowledge within the domains of Earth Observation and Geospatial Impact Evaluation. 

FAO's special event at SIF2023 ‘AI and Digital Tools for Climate Resilient AgriFood Systems’ will take place on Thursday 19th October, 14.30-16.00 CEST to showcase concrete examples of technological innovations that aim at transforming traditional agricultural practices into sophisticated, data-driven systems that will protect efficiently our people and our planet. 

FAO's Hand-in-Hand geospatial Platform interface is now available in French, Russian and Chinese!

The last Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform update is now online and introduces new features.

The GEO-AI Challenge for Cropland Mapping is an initiative of the UN Open-GIS group, initiated by FAO, ITU and UNODC that aims to develop accurate and cost-effective classification models for cropland extent mapping with machine learning techniques.

From July 4 to 6, 2023, a technical workshop was held at the Representation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Gabon to strengthen the capacity of the Hand-in-Hand (HiH) Cou...

The Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform interface is now available in Spanish!

This three-day event, which will take place from 11th to 13th July in Amman, Jordan, aims at assisting countries in the NENA region in the development of their e-agriculture national strategy and consequently to further promote and invest in digital agriculture.

As Digitalization is now more than ever critical for accelerating the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels, the UN Food Stocktaking Moment special event on ‘Digitalization for Resilient Agrifood systems’ will be held in Rome on the 25^th July, 14h30-15h30 CEST.

The FAO's Hand-in-Hand Initiative leads a training mission in Asunción, as Paraguay is preparing projects for the second Global Investment Forum to be held in Rome in October.

The virtual event ’Digital Villages in action in Europe and Central Asia’ launched today the Digital Villages Initiative in eight countries across the region.

Launched in 2021, the FAO's global Digital Villages Initiative promotes digital innovations in rural communities to improve livelihoods, well-being, and social cohesion in this region.

03/04/2023

Kigali- In Rwanda’s capital city, FAO Statistics’ Technical Advisor Lorenzo DeSimone is showing Alsaad Ndayizeye some features of Earth Observation (EO). Since 2016, Ndayizeye works in Rwanda Water Resources Board as River Flood Control Speci...