Science, Technology and Innovation

Videos

11/11/2024

Video Interview with Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General, at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2024.

11/11/2024

Video Interview with Professor Valmaine Toki, Appointed Chair of the UN Indigenous Rights Forum, at the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2024.

06/11/2024

This video showcases a selection of five stories of innovation taken from the video contest (2024): Innovations by and for family farmers.

18/10/2023

This year's theme of the FAO SIF will be “Science and Innovation for Climate Action”, aligned with the overarching World Food Forum (WFF) theme “Agrifood systems transformation accelerates climate action”.

13/04/2023

Tackling gender inequalities in agrifood systems and empowering women reduces hunger, boosts the economy, and reinforces resilience to shocks like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, reveals a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

27/02/2023

Watch and share the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2022 recap video!

26/01/2023

By 2050 it is estimated that the global population will surpass nine billion. Food production must be sufficient to equitably feed such a growing population. Here are 4 ways science, technology and innovation can help transform agrifood systems

28/12/2022

The collection and analysis of meteorological data is essential to ensure a proper water management. The functioning of climate sensors and meteorological stations for agricultural uses is presented.

01/12/2022

This short video looks at how a cooperative-run Digital Village Service Centre in Lahiri Mohanpur in rural Bangladesh is promoting innovation and connectivity. Thereby transforming the lives and livelihoods of smallholder dairy farmers and processors. FAO’s global Digital Village Initiative supports inclusive, gender-sensitive rural development and sustainable agrifood systems transformation.

01/12/2022

In Sri Lanka, FAO is building capacities of local irrigation experts to monitor water productivity, identify water productivity gaps and propose solutions to reduce these gaps with real-time data from the FAO WaPOR platform. Thereby contributing to a sustainable increase of agricultural production that benefits farmers and safeguards the environment.

17/10/2022

FAO is already using blockchain technology to ensure transparency, traceability and sustainability of food commodities. Here are a 3 examples of how blockchain can help us transform our agrifood systems.

06/10/2022

Ismahane Elouafi’s Speech during the ONE Conference
19/09/2022

Highlights the centrality of science, technology and innovation for agrifood systems transformation. The event will embrace a diversity of perspectives based on science, thereby facilitating rationalization and inclusiveness of debate.

15/09/2022

FAO DG Qu Dongyu Video Message for the Science and Innovation Forum 17-21 October