| WSIS STOCKTAKING & PARTNERSHIPS : ACTIVITY DETAILS |
| Entity: |
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) website of the entity |
| Activity: |
e-Agriculture Community of Practice: a global initiative to enhance sustainable agricultural development and food security by improving the use of information, communication and associated technologies website of the activity |
| Activity description: | e-Agriculture is an active, growing global community of practice united by a common interest to improve the use of ICT for rural development. Launched in 2007, it has grown to include thousands of registered individuals including development practitioners, policymakers, representatives of farmer organizations, researchers, journalists and information and communication specialists involved in agriculture and rural development, from more than 150 countries. The Community is active on three levels: through an online platform, at selected face-to-face events, and with in-country interventions. For more information please see http://www.e-agriculture.org |
| Contact: | Send a message to the contact for this activity |
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| Entity from: International |
| Geographical coverage of the activity: International |
| WSIS action lines related to this activity:
Theme 1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development [ICT for sustainable development] [E-participation] Theme 3. Access to information and knowledge Theme 4. Capacity building Theme 7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life [E-learning] [E-agriculture] Theme 11. International and regional cooperation Theme 12. Achieving WSIS targets (PoA, Section B) Theme 14. Follow-up and evaluation (PoA, Section E) |
| Related MDGs:
MDG 1. Eradicate poverty and hunger MDG 8. Develop a global partnership for development |
| Activity type: Project, Programme, Training initiative, Guidelines, Website |
| Time scale: Ongoing |
| Partners: Please see http://www.e-agriculture.org/partners.html |