FAO-AGRILINK Joint Webinar
Extension and advisory services (EAS) for the empowerment of small and family
farmers: Addressing the digital divide
14:00 – 16:00 Rome / Central European Time on Thursday, 11th November 2021
WEBINAR LINK (no registration required): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81406935388
PROGRAMME
Time
Session
Speaker
14.00-
14.05
Introduction to the webinar
Selvaraju Ramasamy, FAO Senior
Agricultural Officer & Head of Research
and Extension Unit, OINR (tbc)
14.05-
14.15
Digital delivery of advice: experiences and lessons
learned from the AGRILINK project
Pierre Labarthe, Horizon 2020 AGRILINK
Project Co-ordinator, INRAE, France
Session 1: Role of advisory systems and related policies in maximizing digital dividends and minimizing
digital divides
14.15-
14.25
Setting the scene: Synthesis of the preparatory e
discussion
Mark Redman, Horizon 2020 AGRILINK
Project, HCC, Romania
14.25-
14.55
Panel discussion based on concrete country cases:
• Promoting collaborative use of a Pest Monitoring
& Warning System, INTIA, Spain
• COVID-19 impact on digital delivery of extension
and advisory services, Ms. Nevena Alexandrova
Stefanova, FAO OINR
• Farmer needs assessments, Ms. Monica Kansiime,
CABI Africa
Pierre Labarthe, Horizon 2020 AGRILINK
Project Co-ordinator, INRAE, France
Session 2: Empowerment of smallholder farmers and policy recommendations
14.55-
15.08
Setting the scene: policy recommendations for farmer
training and educations on digital literacy
Puyun Yang, OINR Unit, FAO
15.08-
15.20
Assessing rural youth digital access, use and skills as a
basis for online engagements and co-design of digital
services
Marzia Pafumi, ESP Division, FAO
15.20-
15.50
Panel discussion based on concrete country cases:
• Daniel Ninsiima, Executive Director, e-Omulimisa,
Uganda
• Ms. Su Kahumbu, CEO, iCow, Kenya
• Ms. Xin Yi Lim, Executive Director, Sustainability
and Agricultural Impact, Pinduoduo, China
• Ms. Gunn-Turid Kvam, Facilitating better
connection between small farmers & digital
suppliers, RURALIS, Norway
Ms. Nevena Alexandrova-Stefanova, FAO
OINR
Concluding Remarks
15.50-
16.00
Synthesis and closing observations
Gianluca Brunori, Horizon2020 DESIRA
Project, University of Pisa, Italy
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