A digital village is a concept to promote digital innovations to rural communities enabling economic livelihoods, individual wellbeing, and social cohesion.

There is no single pathway or approach for a rural community to become “Digital,” and there are many ways to apply and harness digital innovations and services.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Digital Village Initiative (DVI) to promote digital innovations to support inclusive, gender-sensitive rural development and sustainable agri-food transformation to meet Agenda 2030 goals.

FAO DVI follows a country-led, user-centered, holistic digital ecosystem approach for digital village development, allowing the local context to dictate the modalities pursued.