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BRINGING THE BENEFITS OF DIGITAL
EDITORIAL
AGRICULTURE TO ALL

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO’s efforts to positively influence the food and agriculture
(FAO) has become a member of the Digital Public Goods ecosystem towards creating and using digital public goods,
Alliance. This underscores FAO’s commitment to the devel- identify existing and potential DPGs within the FAO Digital
opment and championing of digital public goods that will Portfolio, and create a FAO Digital Public Goods Framework.
help achieve sustainable agrifood systems and contribute Additionally, FAO will co-chair a new community of practice
to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). focused on food security, which will produce a knowledge
The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) is a multi-stake- product to guide countries and digital practitioners.
holder initiative with a mission to accelerate the attainment of This engagement is an important contribution to the UN
the SDGs in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation.
the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital Cooperation between FAO and the DPGA will contribute
public goods. Digital public goods (DPGs) are open-source to the achievement of some SDGs, notably SDG 1 (no pov-
software, open data, open artificial intelligence (AI) models, erty), 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), and 17
open standards, and open content that help attain the SDGs. (partnerships to achieve the goal).
“This membership marks a step further in FAO’s commitment FAO’s work in the digital field
to unleashing the potential of digital agriculture by ensuring
inclusivity and narrowing the digital divide between different FAO has recognised the importance of the digital trans-
countries and regions through affordable access to digital formation of the agrifood sector, leading to the creation of
technologies, digital literacy and digital public goods,” FAO a Digital Agriculture Programme Priority Area within FAO’s
Chief Economist Máximo Torero said. Strategic Framework 2022-31.
FAO aims to “massify” digital benefits to make sure that
Membership matters no one is left behind. It does this by promoting the use and
FAO has made using digital technologies a cornerstone of adoption of digital technologies and by promoting a policy
its work aimed at transforming agricultural practices and em- agenda and public investments.The DPGA and FAO have
powering rural households, young farmers and entrepreneurs. collaborated successfully in the past, and the DPGA Registry
Through its DPGA membership, FAO and its partners stand already includes four FAO digital public goods: the Hand-in-
to benefit from the DPGA’s core activities. These include Hand Geospatial Platform, the FAO Digital Services Portfolio,
stewarding the DPG Standard used to create alignment and the Water Productivity Open Access Database WAPOR, and
understanding of DPGs, and the DPG Registry, a place where Open FORIS.
DPGs can be better discovered - including FAO’s own digital FAO has engaged in two communities of practice run by the
public goods. DPGA on the topics of Climate Services and Digital Financial
Being a member of the DPGA means featuring the work Inclusion and collaborated to ensure FAO’s digital products
of FAO within the DPG Roadmap, a coordination, alignment, are digital public goods.
engagement, and communication tool capturing stakeholder
activities that advance digital public goods. This will include

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