E-Agriculture

Posts on the topic "Digital technologies in Agriculture (ICTs)"

Posts on the topic "Digital technologies in Agriculture (ICTs)"

  • FAO Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform and Digital Services Portfolio nominated for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2024

    Over the last years, FAO has been developing and implementing digital inclusion initiatives, scaling up innovative digital technologies for development and targeted interventions worldwide. The FAO Digital Services Portfolio (DSP) and the FAO Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Geospatial Platform (GP) are at the forefront of this effort, revolutionizing how we address global challenges in agriculture and food security through new digital capabilities. Their transformative potential has been recognized with the recent nomination for the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2024 ,...
  • Scaling Innovation: Multiple Models for Taking Impact to Scale.

    Scaling Innovation: Multiple Models for Taking Impact to Scale. 20 December 2023 14:30 – 15:30 CET To register and to see the speakers’ bios, please click HERE Webinar Objectives: 1. Share diverse perspectives on scaling innovation, including from UN Global Pulse , VentureWell (a non-profit...
  • Launch of the State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report 2023

    This year has been a journey of growth, adaptation, alignment and maturity for the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) and its members, including FAO. FAO has joined the DPGA in May 2022 and in the past year, with four new Digital Public Goods (DPGs) nominated for certification and several developments to be noted, including a new DPG-First approach to be launched in 2024, the Organization has become a leader in the development and utilisation of DPGs as tools and knowledge products, making them more accessible and transforming agricultural practices to empower rural households, young...
  • WaPOR and EOSTAT selected to receive the 2023 GEO SDG Award in recognition of their groundbreaking contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

    The Group on Earth Observations and the Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals (EO4SDG) Initiative announced the winners of the 2023 GEO SDG Awards and FAO will receive two awards recognizing the productivity, innovation, novelty and exemplary efforts in the use of Earth observations to support sustainable development. After a careful evaluation by a panel of eight unique experts representing diverse countries and sectors, based on the overall impact, quality, and soundness of the Earth observation endeavors, and its potential for replication and upscaling, two of FAO's...
  • The new FAO Agroinformatics Platform expands now Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform for more data-driven solutions for FAO four Betters and SDGs achievement

    The power of Digital is not more to be proven, recognized in FAO Strategic Framework as key accelerator to enable progress, sustainable development and achieving the SDGs, opening the path towards the Agriculture of the Future. ‘Over the last months, FAO has been working tirelessly towards further enabling tools for evidence-based decision-making, accurate natural resource management, improved production and strengthen early warning systems through FAO AgroInformatics field of work and the Organization's Digital for Impact stream that it strongly supports for the new Digital Agriculture that...
  • FAO ‘AI and Digital Tools for Climate Resilient Agri-Food Systems’ on the spotlight at the Science and Innovation Forum 2023

    The global agricultural sector is facing unprecedented challenges due to the adverse effects of climate change. Erratic weather patterns, shifting precipitations, and rising temperatures are leading to crop failures, reduced yields, and increased vulnerability of food systems. To address these challenges and ensure food security for a growing population, there is a critical need to develop climate-resilient agri-food systems that can adapt to changing environmental conditions. In this challenging context, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is taking bold action...
  • Open Call for AgriTech Champions – Digital demo farms (deadline: 10 September 2023)

    A part of the Digital Villages Initiative in Europe and Central Asia FAO invites agritech innovators to showcase their digital solutions on demonstration farms in selected countries of Europe and Central Asia (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan) as part of the 1 000 Digital Villages Initiative (DVI) . On these digital demo farms, participants will have the chance to display innovative agricultural technologies, products, and services, testing and putting them into practice for the benefit of local farmers and communities. The...
  • International Conference on Food Security (September 7-8, 2023)

    On September 7-8, 2023 the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan - with the technical support of FAO - will host the International Conference on Food Security as a global multilateral platform to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the field of food security.The International Conference on Food Security will review the state of food security in the world with a special focus on Central Asia, deliberate on key agrifood system challenges hindering progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, and seek solutions to these challenges. The status of implementation of...