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FAO and Digital Agri Hub join forces to accelerate digital agriculture in Europe and Central Asia

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Budapest, Hungary ;

Pages 1 p.

Author FAO, WUR

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Synopsis (short abstract) The Digital Agri Hub has established an important alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This collaboration, anchored in a solid partnership agreement through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FAO and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), represents a commitment to improve the exchange of information on the digital initiatives in agriculture held by the two organizations, and from there, to develop further initiatives that respond to the common objectives of food and nutrition security and food systems development. Together, FAO and Digital Agri Hub are pooling their resources and expertise to accelerate the adoption and scaling up of digital solutions and services throughout Europe and Central Asia, with a focus on Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Last updated 12/07/2024

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