Digital FAO – The Year of Excellence

FAO

Digital FAO – The Year of Excellence

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 156 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-138618-7

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Synopsis (short abstract) Throughout the Year of Excellence 2023, Digital FAO has redoubled its efforts to upscale the Organization's digital capabilities, capacity -building and advisory services needed to enable and accelerate targeted interventions with actionable and concrete results worldwide, leaving no one behind.Digital technology is at the nexus of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the eradication of poverty, climate action and environmental protection, ending hunger, and improving nutrition and access to healthy diets.In this light, this publication highlights FAO strong digital cooperation, as well as the significant developments in the technology domain, with further acceleration of digital transformation globally, including a strong focus on agrifood systems. It aims to provide further insights into the strategic direction, achievements and efforts of Digital FAO, with the overall objective to achieve FAO four betters and the Sustainable Development Goals at their largest.

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FAO. 2024. Digital FAO – The Year of Excellence. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9938en

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