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Time

Session

Speaker

14.00-
14.05

Introduction to the webinar

Selvaraju Ramasamy, FAO Senior
Agricultural Officer & Head of Research
and Extension Unit, OINR (tbc)

14.05-
14.15

Digital delivery of advice: experiences and lessons
learned from the AGRILINK project

Pierre Labarthe, Horizon 2020 AGRILINK
Project Co-ordinator, INRAE, France

Session 1: Role of advisory systems and related policies in maximizing digital dividends and minimizing
digital divides

14.15-
14.25

Setting the scene: Synthesis of the preparatory e
discussion

Mark Redman, Horizon 2020 AGRILINK
Project, HCC, Romania

14.25-
14.55

Panel discussion based on concrete country cases:
• Promoting collaborative use of a Pest Monitoring
& Warning System, INTIA, Spain
• COVID-19 impact on digital delivery of extension
and advisory services, Ms. Nevena Alexandrova
Stefanova, FAO OINR
• Farmer needs assessments, Ms. Monica Kansiime,
CABI Africa

Pierre Labarthe, Horizon 2020 AGRILINK
Project Co-ordinator, INRAE, France

Session 2: Empowerment of smallholder farmers and policy recommendations

14.55-
15.08

Setting the scene: policy recommendations for farmer
training and educations on digital literacy

Puyun Yang, OINR Unit, FAO

15.08-
15.20

Assessing rural youth digital access, use and skills as a
basis for online engagements and co-design of digital
services

Marzia Pafumi, ESP Division, FAO

15.20-
15.50

Panel discussion based on concrete country cases:
• Daniel Ninsiima, Executive Director, e-Omulimisa,
Uganda
• Ms. Su Kahumbu, CEO, iCow, Kenya
• Ms. Xin Yi Lim, Executive Director, Sustainability
and Agricultural Impact, Pinduoduo, China
• Ms. Gunn-Turid Kvam, Facilitating better
connection between small farmers & digital
suppliers, RURALIS, Norway

Ms. Nevena Alexandrova-Stefanova, FAO
OINR

Concluding Remarks

15.50-
16.00

Synthesis and closing observations

Gianluca Brunori, Horizon2020 DESIRA
Project, University of Pisa, Italy