Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are being used across the world to generate efficiency gains for farmers. This has led to an information and data explosion with an associated boom in new applications, tools, actors, business models, and entire industries. Agri-food systems are being transformed.
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Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday described his predecessor Dag Hammarskjöld as his “fundamental inspiration,” who should be regarded as the “central reference” point for the whole United Nations ideal today.
GFAR themes 2013
In an interview with an Egyptian TV news channel , Dr. El-Kaffass of GFAR Secretariat discussed the necessity for a new paradigm of transformational learning in order to qualify youth to overcome the challenges of the present and the future in agricultural development, and to realize the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This month, GFAR Secretariat had the pleasure of welcoming, at FAO Headquarters in Rome, a delegation of 16 researchers about to embark on a world tour examining the future of food and food-related technologies. The students are participating in the “Food Innovation Global Mission”, a pioneering mission taking place from 12th May to 12th July, organized by the Future Food Institute (FFI). FFI is an international non-profit organisation, founded in Italy, and a leader in innovation in the agri-food sector.
Prof. Prabhu Pingali of Cornell University talks from the field about the urgent need for a transition from a focus on staple grains to agricultural systems that promote diversity, health and nutrition as well as profitability for smallholder farmers.
Learn more about GFAR’s focus on the value and development of ‘Forgotten Foods’ HERE.
As a follow-up to previous high-level contacts held with the Minister of Agriculture and other authorities in Burkina Faso, GFAR Secretariat has facilitated the formation of an alliance between the major farmers’ organizations of the country, CPF (Confédération Paysanne du Faso) and the multi-million IFAD-financed project Neer Tamba which supports local innovation dynamics.