From September 12^th to 13^th, on behalf of 2023 Youth Hackathon team, the Center for International Agricultural Research of CAAS (CIAR) organized an online public training workshop of the second FAO - CAAS Youth for Green Low-Carbon Agriculture Hackathon (2023 Youth Hackathon GLCA). Dr. Zhai Lin, Deputy Director General of the Department of International Cooperation of CAAS, and Dr. Dong Le, representative of FAO China, attended the opening ceremony and delivered remarks.

Esteemed mentors from international organizations, research institutions and companies, including FAO, the World Resources Institute (WRI), the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Model APEC, CIAR of CAAS, the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture of CAAS, Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, the Chinese Academy of Forestry and Baiguan Technology, introduced the current status and policies of green low-carbon agriculture worldwide, as well as research progress in areas like green low-carbon agricultural machinery, forestry, animal husbandry, agricultural waste treatment, and water resource applications. In addition, the mentors provided courses on industry incubation logic and skills of business presentations for the Hackathon teams, garnering positive feedback from the participants.

This two-day online training workshop aimed to provide an opportunity for teams that passed the preliminary selection to communicate and exchange ideas with experts and scholars, so as to optimize their proposals and better prepare for the forthcoming schedule.

The 2023 YouthforGLCA Hackathon received a total of innovative proposals from 27 countries. After comprehensive evaluation by the preliminary screening expert panel, a total of 32 innovative proposals were shortlisted and advanced to the next stage.