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A global community facilitating dialogue and sharing resources
on the use of Information and Communication Technologies
for sustainable agriculture and rural development
Facilitated by
WSIS Action Line
C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of lifee-agriculture
Mandate
Millennium Development Goal 8Global Partnership for Development
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Geneva, December 2003
Tunis, November 2005
e-Agriculture is a global Community of Practice
for the exchange of knowledge about the use of
Information and Communication Technolgies (ICTs)
for sustainable agriculture and rural development
About e-Agriculture
www.e-agriculture.org
Mission
Serve as a catalyst for institutions and individuals in agriculture and rural development to
share knowledge, learn from others,
and improve decision making about the vital role of ICTs to empower rural communities, improve rural livelihoods, and
build sustainable agriculture and food security.
Founding partners in 2006
The e-agriculture revolution
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmoX052TLk
2011
2013
Face-to-face events
The e-Agriculture Community, in close collaboration with
partners and members of our Community,
participates, organizes and promotes face-to-face events
Content
News and eventsdaily circulation of activities and initiatives around the world
ICT Update
Blogse-Agriculture Community members write articles and share experiences
Knowledge Base ResourcesInformative Knowledge Base with hundreds of resources published
by members all over the world
Fora Key Topics
Agriculture Value Chains
Gender
Mobile Telephony
Public-Private Partnerships
Rural Digital Divide
Strategies and policies
WSIS Follow-up
Capacity Development
Information Management Resource Kitwww.imarkgroup.org
Improved Global Governance for Hunger Reduction Programmewww.foodsec.org/
Facts and Figures
e-Agriculture Platform launched in 2007Winner of
WSIS Project Prize 2012 Action Line C7: e-agriculture
More than 12 000 registered membersfrom 170 countries and territories
24 online forums, with 4 000 posts,organized in collaboration with 59 Forum Partners
162 blog posts 3 000 news and events
832 knowledge base resources
e-Agriculture members
Geographical distribution
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America Car-ribean
Near East
North America
Southwest Pacific
Sectoral distribution
e-Agriculture members
Government
Private sector
NGO/CSO
UN
Research
University
Media
Social media
Communication and information exchange
is carried out effectively through social media.
Google+
SlideShare
YouTube
Growth of the Community
e-Agriculture statistics as of October 2014
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
22500
12000
5365
4716
Twitter Followers
e-Agriculture Regis-tered Members
LinkedIn group members
Facebook page likes
What next
1. Full 10-year WSIS+10 review report 2. Renewal of partnerships - collaboration -
cross-cutting sectors3. On-line fora4. Good practices on the use of ICTs
in agriculture through collaboration with partners on capitalization of experiences
Contacts
Website www.e-agriculture.org
Email [email protected]
Facebook e-Agriculture.org
Twitter @e_agriculture
LinkedIn e-Agriculture
Google+ e-Agriculture
SlideShare e-Agriculture Community of Practice
YouTube e-agriculture.org
Welcome
This community of practice is yours
Join us
www.e-agriculture.org/user/register
