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FAO-ITU E-agriculture Solutions Forum

​  ​29-31 August 2016, Thailand

 

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E-agriculture Solutions Forum

29-31 August, 2016

Forum Objectives

  • Bring together proven e-agriculture solutions that will benefit agriculture stakeholders;
  • Share knowledge on successful e-agriculture solutions and identifying ways of scaling up implementations;
  • Establish a Community-of-Practice (CoP) among e-agriculture solution providers;
  • Experience sharing in implementing ICT solutions for agriculture

Who should attend?

  • E-agriculture solution providers;
  • Infrastructure and service providers from sectors critical for e-agriculture (telecom, IT, banking, insurance, governance etc.);
  • Representatives of government agencies from Agriculture and ICT sector;
  • International, regional, national organizations working in agriculture and rural development;
  • Experts involved in implementing e-agriculture strategies in Asia-Pacific countries;
  • Farmer and Fisher organizations, cooperatives;
  • Agriculture research institutes, academia.

E-agriculture in Action

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Opening Ceremony: 29 August (Morning)

0800-0900
Registration

Opening Session
0900-1000

Mr.Ioane Koroivuki,
Regional Director,
ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Ms. Kundhavi Kadiresan,
Assistant Director General & Regional Representative,
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Ms. Borisuti Premprapan​, 
Deputy Permanent Secretary, 
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives​

Ms. Songporn Komolsuradej,
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT, Thailand                   

Group Photo

Release of the FAO-ITU E-agriculture Strategy Guide
and opening of the exhibition

1000-1030: Coffee break sponsored by TRUE Corporation

Theme E-agriculture: Status and need for national strategies

1030-1100
Session 1: The need for developing
 National E-agriculture Strategy

Presenter(s): Mr. Gerard Sylvester,
Knowledge and Information Management Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Ashish Narayan, Programme Coordinator,
ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

1100-1230
Session 2: National agriculture goals
and challenges– Country experiences

Moderator: Mr. Sumiter S Broca,
Senior Policy Officer,
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Presenter(s): Representatives from
Ms. Pelden Wangmo, MoAF, Bhutan [Presentation]
Mr. W A G Sisira Kumara, Director, DoA, Sri Lanka
[Presentation]
Ms. Sushma Chand, MoA, Fiji [Presentation]
Mr. Hinton Nixon - Vanuatu [Presentation]

Day 1: 29 August (Afternoon)

Theme: E-agriculture: Status and need for national strategies (cont'd)

1330-1500
Session 3: E-agriculture challenges,
opportunities & solutions – Global experiences

Moderator:Mr.Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair,
LIRNEAsia

Presenter(s):
Mr. Pisuth Paiboonrat, Senior Expert
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
E-agriculture solutions: Experiences from Thailand 
[Presentation]

Mr. Atip Asvanund, Executive Director and  Secretary General
of the Telecommunications Association of Thailand
[Presentation]

Ms. Margaret Bernard, University of the West Indies 
[Presentation]
St. Augustine, Trinidad
AgriNeTT - Strengthening the Enabling Environment
for Food Security in the Caribbean 

Mr. Walter Mayers, CEO, PROGIS
Agro-Forest-Environment-ICT for entire countries –
cooperation between public, private, NGOs and
intergovernmental organizations needed [Presentation]

1500-1530: Coffee break sponsored by TRUE Corporation

1530-1700
Session 4: E-agriculture challenges,
opportunities & solutions –
Country experiences

Moderator:Mr. Sharbendu Banerjee, Global Director
-Mobile,  CABI

Presenter(s):  Mr. Kosit Lohawatanakul,
Head of Overseas Marketing,
CP Merchandising Company Limited [Prsentation]

Mr. Satish Thampy, Managing Director (Thailand), OLAM
[Presentation]

Mr. Tetsuya Uchino, Fujitsu Kyushu Systems Limited,
Japan [Presentation]
Fujitsu Group's Agricultural IoT Challenges

Mr. Wu Yin, Senior Expert,
China Communication Services International
Implementation of IoTs in Agriculture Industry in China
[Presentation]

1700-1800: Exhibition & Networking

30 August (Morning)

Theme: E-agriculture in action: Technologies and solutions

0900-1030
Session 5: E-agriculture solutions for agricultural extension and advisory services

Moderator: Ms. Sophie Treinen, Knowledge and Information Management Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome

Presenter(s)
Mr.Srinivasu Pappula,  Tata Consulting Services (TCS)
PRIDE model by mKrishi – empowering farmers to live with dignity 
[Presentation]

Mr. Noel Magor, Head, Impact Acceleration Unit, International Rice Research Institute (IRR)
IRRI Rice Knowledge Bank
[Presentation]

Ms. Khai Jones, Agriculture Segment Manager,
Intel's Internet of Things Group (IoTG). 
[Presentation]

Ms. Asma Parvin, Deputy Manager, Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) 
eKrishok: A Sustainable Business Model of eAgriculture
[Presentation]

1030-1100: Coffee  and Exhibition

1100-1230
Session 6: E-agriculture solutions for agricultural insurance, banking, market access and financial inclusion

Moderator: Mr. Bandula Wickramaarachchi, Secretary, Ministry of Primary Industries, Sri Lanka

Presenter(s)
Mr. Nalin Rawal, Chief (Business Head) - Agri Business Solutions, Skymetweather.
[Presentation]

Mr. Signis Aliks, Project Manager, MicroBanker Project
IT for financial services to farmers – PADEE Project in Cambodia
[Presentation]

1230-1400: Lunch and Exhibition

 

30 August (Afternoon)

Theme: E-agriculture in action: Technologies and solutions (continued)

1400-1500
Session 7: E-agriculture services for pest & disease, early warning systems and disaster management

Moderator:Ms. Nevena Alexandrova-Stefanova, Agricultural innovation systems  and Knowledge sharing Officer, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Presenter(s)
Mr. Sanjay Srivastava, Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations ESCAP
[Presentation]

Mr. Chan Fook Wing, CAB International
[Presentation]

Mr.YB Srinivasa, Managing Director, Tene Agricultural Solutions
Electronic Solutions Against Agricultural Pests (eSAAP)
[Presentation]

1500-1530: Coffee and Exhibition

1530-1730
Session 8: E-agriculture services for food safety and traceability

Moderator:tbc

Presenter(s)
Mr. Worapat Sasibut, Project Manager, OpsSmart Technologies |OpsSmart Traceability Solutions
[Presentation] 

Mr. Bui Binh, Chief Executive Officer, TraceVerified
TraceVerified: Electronic Traceability System in Viet Nam
[Presentation]

Ms. Emmanuelle Bourgois, Founder & CEO, FairAgora Asia and VerifiK8
VerifiK8 - A software platform to verify the seafood supply chain
[Presentation]

1730-1800: Exhibition & Networking

31 August

E-agriculture in action: Innovations and Ecosystems

0900-1030
Session 9: Innovations and ecosystems required to sustain ICT solutions for agriculture

Moderator: Mr. Hani Eskandar, ICT Applications, ITU

Presenter(s)
Mr. Santosh Oswal, CEO & Founder Director, Ossian Agro Automation Pvt Ltd.,
Nano Ganesh – a revolutionary ICT tool for farm irrigation
[Presentation]

Mr.Vinay Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Green
Digital Green: Leveraging social networks for agricultural extension
[Presentation]

Mr. Theo Cosmora, Founder & CEO, Social Eco
[Presentation]

1030-1100: Coffee  and Exhibition

1100-1200:
Session 10: Sustainable e-agriculture solutions: the way forward

Moderator: Mr. Ashish Narayan, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Panelist:  Intel, CABI, IRRI, FAO, representatives from member countries, private sector.

1200-1230
Conclusion and Forum closing

1230-1400: Lunch and Exhibition

1400-1800
E-agriculture Solutions Exhibition

Bilateral Meetings and Networking 

Download Forum Program here 

 

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E-AGRICULTURE STRATEGY GUIDE 

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 To download (Click Here)  

E-agriculture Strategy Brochure  

Event Details and Registration

​Venue: TOT Academy, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Registration (OPEN NOW)

E-agriculture Solutions Forum Concept Note and Draft Agenda 



Contacts:
FAO:
Mr. Gerard Sylvester [gerard.sylvester[at]fao.org]
ITU:
Mr. Ashish Narayan [ashish.narayan[at]itu.int]
Mr. Hani Eskander [hani.eskander[at]itu.int]

 

 


 

 
E-agriculture Strategy Development

1-2 September 2016

A two day train-the-trainer programme will be organized for experts, participants to build skills on developing national e-agriculture strategy based on FAO-ITU e-agriculture strategy guide and the toolkits. The training will include

a) Detailed presentation of methodology to develop e-agriculture strategy

b)Working group hands on exercise

c) Experience sharing in developing national strategies from Asia-Pacific countries 



 

 

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