To facilitate deployment and navigate the broad spectrum of
ICT solutions for agriculture, ITU and FAO established the
e-Agriculture Solutions Forum as a collaboration and knowledge sharing platform for ecosystem stakeholders and to highlight the positive impact of ICT on the agricultural sector. The e-Agriculture Solutions Forum brings together stakeholders to showcase solutions, strengthen a
Community-of-Practice, accelerate innovation, and to find ways to scale up implementation of proven solutions at national level.
The first iteration of the e-Agriculture Solutions Forum was convened by ITU and FAO in
2016 in Thailand, and brought together a variety of ecosystem stakeholders from the Asia-Pacific region and internationally. The forum was focused on delivering a
train-the-trainer workshop about developing national e-agriculture strategies and its national implementation.
The
2018 e-Agriculture Solutions Forum took place in
Nanjing, China in November 2018, under the theme “To support the use of sustainable e-agriculture solutions and services,” and was addressed to all ecosystem stakeholders.
The
2020 e-Agriculture Solutions Forum was held
hybrid format in Novemeber-December 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand and include keynote speakers and panelists from a wide-ranging spectrum of expertise on digital innovations, policies and technologies to discuss the potentail role of digital agriculture solutions in mitigating the COVID-19 impact and building back better.
The 2023 e-Agriculture Solutions Forum was held in
11–13 July 2023 in
Amman, Jordan. The event gathered country representatives from the
NENA region, including from the
Ministry of Agriculture and ICT and environment,
digital agriculture solution providers,
representatives from agri-businesses,
agriculture research institutes,
other international organizations and
the civil society, to address key issues and help members
identify, develop and sustain digital solutions for the
agrifood systems, with a focus on
climate change. challenges.
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