Innovation and Digital Agriculture Specialist

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Organizational Setting

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) advances the 2030 Agenda through its Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation toward more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems. This effort promotes better production, improved nutrition, a healthier environment, and enhanced livelihoods, ensuring no one is left behind.
The FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands (SAP) was established in 1996 in Samoa to coordinate FAO's work in 13 member countries in the Pacific subregion - Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Naoero, Niue, Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu; and one Associate Member, Tokelau. SAP is responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing programmes and projects to address food security, nutrition, agriculture, and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide institutions and entities.

The Subregional Office is a subsidiary of FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall supervision of the Subregional Coordinator and the direct supervision of the Innovation and Digital Agriculture Officer at the FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands (SAP), and in close coordination with colleagues in the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), government counterparts in Pacific Island countries, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP), and FAO headquarters (HQ).