Account of @FAO Chief Scientist, Charles Spillane. Working for a sustainable 🌍 and #FutureofFood for all. Follow our Director-General @FAODG.
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
Jun 13
📣 @FAO Agrifood Systems Technologies & Innovations Outlook (ATIO) Knowledge Base keeps growing!
From frontier technologies to grassroots solutions, the platform serves as a resource on innovations shaping agrifood systems.
bit.ly/3Q0LL13
#AgInnovation #STIPortal
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
Jun 13
Did you know there’s a day dedicated to food every year?
#WorldFoodDay is celebrated annually on 16 October!
Watch the video to discover the simple actions you can take every day to make a difference.
Learn more: fao.org/world-food-day/en
#AgInnovation #SIF2026
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
Jun 11
Empowering farmers, transforming futures 🌾🚜
In Bangladesh, @FAO Farmer Field Schools are driving Sustainable Agriculture mechanization➡️boosting #AgInnovation, inclusion, & resilience for 1,500 families (& counting).
@FAOPlants @FAOBangladesh
Watch👇
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
Join UN2.0: Empowering the Field 🌍
Explore how @FAO's Innovation Policy Labs use data, foresight & digital tools to drive policy impact➕hands-on exercises & real cases from Ethiopia & Madagascar.
Register 👉bit.ly/4e7x9EX
#AgInnovation #UN20
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
🌍 Innovation makes prevention more practical.
With the EMPRES-i suite of digital tools, the @FAO Emergency Prevention System for Animal Health (EMPRES-AH) equips countries with smarter disease intelligence for targeted actions.
🔗bit.ly/4lRAR9c
#AgInnovation #AgTech
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
This October the Indigenous Peoples' territory is returning to FAO!
Don't miss the chance to contribute to the meeting of the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples' Food and Knowledge Systems!
Submit your proposal by 20 June 2026:
tinyurl.com/3cr9d474
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
May 29
Small-scale producers and rural communities often lack the #infrastructure, technology and finance to compete.
Closing that gap makes the entire #agrifoodsystem stronger.
#AgInnovation #SDG9
Read more: fao.org/3/cd8857en/fao-sdg9.…
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
2,000 new innovations on @FAO’s Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook (#ATIO) Knowledge Base 📣
Bringing the total to 5,744 featured innovations.
Explore: sti-portal.fao.org/pages/ati…
#AgInnovation #STIPortal
@FAOInnovation @FAOScienceChief
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
May 27
How can we accelerate agrifood transformation? 🌾
#ATIO by @FAO connects innovation, people & knowledge through:
🔹 A global knowledge base
🔹 Forward-looking insights
Learn more: bit.ly/4nR2Gzn
#AgInnovation #SDGs
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
. @FAODG stressed that #ArtificialIntelligence must be guided by human dignity, inclusion and solidarity, warning that “the digital divide will become even wider if it is not placed at the service of rural people”.
🔗fao.org/e-agriculture/news/f…
#AgInnovation #AgTech #AI
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
May 21
FAO highlights the role of science, technology and innovation in advancing more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems at the 2026 STI Forum.
Read more ⬇️
fao.org/new-york/news/news-d…
#Tech4SDGs
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
May 20
Without bees and other pollinators a lot of our food wouldn't exist!
When you eat today, think of the tiny helpers who worked hard to produce your food!
#WorldBeeDay #SavetheBees
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
📣🌍 Agrifood innovators: the Global AgriInno Challenge 2026 is open!
#GAC2026 Focus on Small Island Developing States. 🏝️
Got solutions for food security, climate resilience, or sustainable agriculture in #SIDS?
Apply now:
sti-portal.fao.org/network/g…
#AgInnovation @ZJU_China
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
Why is pollination vital for our existence?
🌺90% of the world’s wild flowering plants
🌽75% of the world’s top food crops
It all depends, or at least in part, on animal pollination.
🐝🦋fao.org/world-bee-day/
#WorldBeeDay #SavetheBees
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From increased food production to increased biodiversity, our pollinators give us so much.
Here are just 5⃣ benefits 👇
#WorldBeeDay
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
May 14
Can games shape better policies? Yes. 🎮
@FAO’s Office of Innovation is building a roster of #SeriousGames & Policy Game Specialists to design & facilitate immersive policy simulations for agrifood systems worldwide.
🔗bit.ly/3OYQpfC
#AgInnovation #FAOJobs #UNjobs
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
May 12
🌱 12 May is #PlantHealthDay! 🌍
Plant biosecurity is vital for #FoodSecurity, preventing pests & diseases before they spread protects crops, ecosystems & livelihoods.
👉 Don’t carry plants when traveling, buy certified products, & report pests.
#ProtectOurPlants @ippcnews
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
📌 #ERC35 Side event
Digital pathways for agrifood systems transformation – Connecting policies, technological solutions and local innovation
📅 13 May 2026 | 15:30–16:30 GMT 5
💻 Follow live: youtube.com/live/b_YL-dRNKB8
#AgInnovation #AgTech
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
You still have time to vote!
@FAO #STIPortal is a finalist for the @ITU #WSIS Prize 2026, a global award for digital impact & the #SDGs! 🏆
Help us win by casting your vote for evidence-based #AgInnovation! 🗳️🌱
⏳Tomorrow 13 May
✅ Vote: itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktakin…
#TechForGood
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FAO Chief Scientist retweeted
May 11
Don’t miss the 3rd UN #VirtualWorldsDay on AI, spatial intelligence and the citiverse!
Join us to explore the latest breakthroughs for smarter cities and more inclusive public services worldwide itu.int/un-virtual-worlds-da…
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