Unpacking the potential of STI for enhancing agricultural productivity in LDCs and LLDCs
Date and Venue
Friday 10 May 13:15-14:30
Trusteeship Council Chamber, UN Headquarters (New York, US)
Co-organisers
Permanent Mission of Finland, Permanent Mission of Nepal, UN Technology Bank, and OHRLLS
Short description
The side event will explore how to harness innovation, digitalization and technology to foster structural transformation and sustainable development in LDCs, with a focus on agriculture and agro-processing.
With respect to diversifying economies of LDCs and LLDCs into sectors with potential for structural transformation, the side event seeks to address the fact that many of these countries still produce and export mostly agricultural commodities with limited value addition. The event will explore what it will take to develop innovative sectors that are crucial for development. These will include innovative sectors with potential for long-term profitability and growing demand with positive spillovers to the rest of the economy, such as sustainable energy solutions, and agro-processing of nutritious foods.
The side event will provide practical solutions discussed at the Second LDC Future Forum in Helsinki, 4-6 March (/ohrlls/ldc-future-forum). It will focus on ways to harness STI to promote agricultural productivity and provide an opportunity to share knowledge and successful practices among researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
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