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Digital Agriculture: A Standards Snapshot

The Report also highlighted the importance of the United Nations Resolution on AI to foster the
ethical deployment of AI in agriculture, and the importance of adhering to AI-based standards
to foster trust, promote responsible innovation, thereby ensuring ethical and effective use of
AI in agriculture to improve productivity.

Further research would also need to be conducted on the ethical use of these technologies
in the context of livestock management. It is essential to establish guidelines for the ethical
application of technologies in livestock management to ensure the humane treatment of animals
and animal health.

FG-AI4A: Meetings and Events in Focus

Between March 2022 to June 2024, FG-AI4A conducted ten meetings including seven online
meetings and three on-site meetings. Seven Webinars were organized with various partners
including FAO, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), UN-Water and other SDOs like
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Additionally, three Workshops were
collocated with on-site FG-AI4A meetings within the same period. (See Appendix)

Figure 4: Mr Ramy Fathy (FG-AI4A Co-Chair) presenting at the Workshop in Seongnam
August 2022)

More than 300 distinguished experts from various disciplines collaboratively engaged in the
development of the FG-AI4A Outputs, bringing a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the
forefront of agricultural innovation for standardization.

The third meeting of FG-AI4A was organized as an on-site meeting in Seongnam, Republic of
Korea, preceded by the ITU/FAO Workshop on “Digital Agriculture at Scale: Sustainable Food
Systems with IoT and AI”, from 24-25 Au gust 2022. This meeting and Workshop were hosted
by National Radio Research Agency (RRA), Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea.

The ninth meeting of FG-AI4A was held in New Delhi, India from 18-19 March 2024, together
with the ITU/FAO Workshop on "Cultivating Tomorrow: Advancing Digital Agriculture
through IoT and AI", hosted by Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), Department
of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, India and the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry
of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, India. The meeting and workshop were complemented by
networking opportunities, featuring coffee breaks and lunches, allowing participants to connect
with the speakers and other experts. A tour of the living labs of the Indian Agricultural Research

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