“Pakistan should formulate a national policy on agricultural mechanization for smallholder farmers”. This was the clear recommendation by participants in a national policy dialogue event on this topic held on 29 May 2024 in Islamabad, led by the Food and...

On 30 and 31 July 2024, FAO is organising a networking and collaboration event between the ‘AgriTech’ and ‘Agroecology’ innovation communities with the aim of accelerating digital solutions for the Agroecological Transition (AET) in Senegal. The event is being organised with...

Innovation is essential to tackle the complex challenges of agrifood systems, enabling efficient resource use and promoting sustainability. For the past 5 years, the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP), a G20 led mechanism, has been empowering communities and fostering agricultural innovation...

Pakistan’s agriculture sector accounts for around 23 percent of GDP and 36.4 percent of total employment, according to World Bank data for 2022. Innovation in this important sector is central to catalysing its transition towards modern, sustainable agriculture, a process...

Malawi’s AIS organisations geared to facilitate agricultural innovation On 28 November 2023, the government of Malawi, through the Ministry of Agriculture with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), held the national policy dialogue on ‘Research...