The Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO) held the workshop “Exchange of experiences in digitization and connectivity in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean,” which introduced collectively technical profiles of FAO and governments that assist the implementation of digital pilots in Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad, and Tobago and Uruguay.
The occasion was held inside the framework of the South-South Cooperation project: Digital transformation and innovation in agriculture, promoted by FAO and the Individuals’s Republic of China to contribute to the restoration of rural livelihoods by using digital options in nations which might be a part of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
For 2 days, the company mentioned the digitization of agriculture and rural areas. Additionally they introduced the aims and progress of the initiatives they’re creating with public establishments and different organizations creating rural digitization plans and mentioned future challenges to make sure their tasks’ profitable implementation and long-term sustainability.
On the inauguration, Maya Takagi, FAO’s Regional Program Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean, appreciated the significance of making partnerships and emphasised that cooperation between FAO and China “is crucial to advance the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs).”
Luiz Beduschi, Senior Coverage Officer, thanked the federal government officers for his or her presence and stated, “There isn’t any doubt that the digitalization of rural areas is a precedence if we wish to rework and revitalize household agriculture in the direction of a extra sustainable and inclusive economic system.”
Jiang Jiang, Program Officer for South-South and Triangular Cooperation, acknowledged the robust dedication and assist of the Individuals’s Republic of China to this venture and highlighted CELAC’s imaginative and prescient to maneuver in the direction of progressive options to get well from the pandemic.
“We hope that the brand new instruments, options, and practices supplied by this venture will enhance the lives of many rural communities within the CELAC nations and generate new concepts, new approaches, and modalities of South-South and Triangular Cooperation,” stated the Program Officer for South-South and Triangular Cooperation.
The suggestions and conclusions of this assembly are a priceless contribution to information the work of the South-South Cooperation Challenge: Digital Transformation and Innovation in Agriculture to advertise connectivity and digital options in rural areas.
1000 Digital Villages Initiative presents progress and achievements
The workshop Trade of experiences in digitization and connectivity in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean was additionally a chance to current the work that the 1000 Digital Villages initiative has carried out to strengthen the digitization of providers and using digital instruments in rural areas of the area.
Ximena Quezada, Rural Improvement and Challenge Administration Specialist at FAO and member of the technical group implementing 1000 Digital Villages in Latin America and the Caribbean, introduced the primary achievements of the initiative, highlighting the completion of the net course “Audiovisual Instruments for Digital Advertising and marketing”, the event of diagnostic reviews and digital priorities in rural tourism experiences, and the preparation of a doc on rural digitization that shall be printed quickly.
The 1000 Digital Villages Initiative and the South-South Cooperation Challenge are working to advertise digital pilot tasks in Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Cuba, Jamaica and Panama.
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