ITREALMS ... making leadership SENSE with digital news!
For the small-scale farmers in some of the most remote corners of the world, innovation is not just a buzzword, it's a lifeline with the potential to reshape the future of agriculture by generating and scaling up new ideas, new approaches and new opportunities to sustainably overcome the challenges they face on a daily basis, according to Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Speaking during the opening of IFAD’s 47th Governing Council in Rome, which this year focuses on the theme Innovation for a Food Secure Future and the needs of small-scale producers in developing countries, Lario stressed, “We must never stop making an impact for those who need it most, and it’s for that reason that we are constantly innovating.”The IFAD President pointed out that innovation is not always about cutting-edge technologies, that it can come in many forms and be found in many places including in rural communities and among farmers and producers themselves.
The “GSR-24 Best Practice Guidelines" agreed by ICT regulators include a series of considerations for balancing innovation with regulation to create a positive impact on societies and economies from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI).
