E-Agriculture

Posts on the topic "extensionists"

Posts on the topic "extensionists"

  • Invitation to apply for the Global AgriInno Challenge 2022

    The Global AgriInno Challenge 2022, co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University as part of the MoU between these two entities; GAC is in its third edition after the great success in 2020 and 2021. The GAC 2022 aims to identify, accelerate, and scale up youth-led innovative business models and...
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  • Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 is open for registration!

    Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 Open Call: Connecting Youth-Led Innovation to the Agri-food Sector Duration of the Call: 14 October – 20 November 2022 Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 is officially o pen for recruitment ! Global AgriInno Challenge, a worldwide competition for youth agripreneurs and innovators, showcases and promotes smart digital innovative talent. With the last two sessions successfully held in 2020 and 2021, Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 will continue to provide startups an alive platform to exchange experience, enhance knowledge and offer the opportunity to join the huge...

  • Save the Date: Side event for the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2022 : Innovation Dialogue

    A common space for open, inclusive discussion for sharing robust science and evidence-based options for more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems REGISTER 14th October, Friday 12:00-13:30 (Rome) | 18:00-19:30 (Beijing) The event will focus on answering two questions by drawing on experience from two experts from ZJU and also a group of panel speakers from International Organizations such as World Bank, African Development Bank and Cornell University. ● How to support the development of digitalization, innovation and agripreneurship in agri-food systems?● How to...

  • MIKTA PANEL : “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture”

    MIKTA PANEL “Digital Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture” 13 October 2022, 14.00 hours - Virtual It has been nine years since the Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Türkiye and Australia gathered in New York in September 2013 as five democracies that benefit from open economies with robust growth rates and a significant level of economic power. Coming from diverse cultures and regions, which they are strongly linked to, MIKTA Foreign Ministers declared their will and capability to contribute to protecting public goods and strengthening global governance. In the face...

  • Grab the Chance to Grow Your Agrifood Business or Startup with FAO!

    The Food and Agriculture Organization is inviting all agrifood businesses and startups from the Pacific, Maldives and Timor-Leste to apply for the Agrifood accelerator 2022. All applications must be written in English and submitted by 15 October 2022 at 11:59pm (GMT+13). Join us in Apia, Samoa for the major regional accelerator of 2022! The Agrifood accelerator 2022 is an initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands aiming to support and scale up solutions of existing agrifood startups, businesses, and social...

  • WSIS Prizes 2023 submission opens

    World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2023 - Call for Submissions WSIS has announced the opening of the WSIS Prizes 2023 and they are encouraging all the stakeholders to SUBMIT their project descriptions to the WSIS Prizes contest from now before the 7th of December 2022. The e-Agriculture team encourages eligible projects in agriculture to submit their projects for this prestigious award. The contest is open to all stakeholders entities representing governments, private sector, international and regional institutions, civil society and academia. Each entity is allowed to...

  • Digitalization at the Science and Innovation Forum 2022: Digital for Impact, FAO Way Forward

    Harnessing digital technologies towards the SDGs Digital technologies are proving to be one of the key accelerators of sustainable development and are having a deep transformational effect on our economies and societies, including agriculture and food systems in general. In times of economic turndowns, they definitely hold the potential to unlock employment opportunities, bridge the rural divide and empower youth and women to access information, technology and markets, among many other opportunities that they trigger worldwide. As their critical role has now been clearly recognized, FAO...

  • FAO at High-level Political Forum 2022 Key Activities - UNHQ

    FAO is participating with the following Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Building back better: Forest pathways for a green recovery advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Monday, 11 July 2022 . HLPF Side Event . Leveraging interlinkages among the SDGs to realize the 2030...

  • Smallholder farmers would benefit from an online trading platform, FAO study finds

    In the Republic of Moldova, creating a single online trading platform for small-scale agricultural producers could improve sales and market access, thus increase growth and economic competitiveness. Returning migrants could benefit, too, and become agents of change thanks to their digital skills, as well as inspire other farmers who are still reluctant to adopt and use online solutions. These are the main conclusions of the first feasibility study on the development of an e-commerce platform for small and medium-sized agricultural producers, including returned migrants, in the Republic of...