Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Thursday, June 15, 2023

ICTforAg 2023 Launch Event

15 June 2023
. ICTforAg 2023 Launch Event
  • By USAID, CGIAR, DAI, and DevGlobal
  • ICTforAg is an annual convening where agrifood system stakeholders, technology experts, and enthusiasts gather to share knowledge, find solutions, and form partnerships to address challenges in agrifood systems across low and middle-income countries.
ICTforAg is an annual convening where agrifood system stakeholders, technology experts, and enthusiasts gather to share knowledge, find solutions, and form partnerships to address challenges in agrifood systems across low and middle-income countries.

From 2023-2024, CGIAR Digital Innovation hosts the conference, which is sponsored by Feed the Future and implemented by DAI and DevGlobal.

Ahead of the Fall 2023 edition of ICTforAg where the launch unveiled:
  • Event dates and details
  • Fireside chat with one of the Fall Event’s headlining speakers
  • A sneak peek into the Inspire Challenge, a new ICTforAg grant program
  • Ways to get involved
Related:

15 June 2023. Digital Technologies for a Sustainable Food System organised by the Green Deal Projects Support Office.

This webinar brought together 5 EU-funded projects working on digital technologies that aim at supporting the transition to a sustainable food system in Europe. They will share their initiatives and experiences in developing and using digital technologies in their work related to food systems, food waste, and circular economy, as well as sharing best practices and challenges faced throughout their projects.

  • opening remarks from Wim Haentjens of DG RTD
  1. SISTERS seeks to promote new technological innovations in production and distribution.
  2. ENOUGH aims to demonstrate promising technological solutions applied within the main sectors of the food chain from harvest to consumption (processing, transport, retail and domestic) for different products categories including meat, fish fruit/vegetables and diary.
  3. ZeroW aims to develop commercial, digital tools and instruments that contribute to the achievement of food waste reduction targets. They have 9 Living Labs through which they are testing and creating innovative solutions.
  4. FOODPathS is supporting the establishment of the EU Partnership for Sustainable Food Systems and its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.
  5. SmartAgriHubs is realising the digitalisation of European agriculture by fostering an agricultural innovation ecosystem.
To connect to the webinar, please Join the webinar here.


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