Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2012 Winner

e-Agriculture Community


Description

The e-Agriculture Community is a catalyst for knowledge sharing about the role of ICT in sustainable agriculture and rural development. Established in 2007, e-Agriculture now has over 8,000 members from 160 countries who shared over 1,600 information resources and 2,000 news and events, and expressed their viewpoints through blogs. 16 online forums on important, community identified topics have brought together 16,000 participants, making 3,000 discussion posts and producing 19 tri-lingual Policy Briefs. Online events are complimented with face-to-face events. Partnerships and collaborations come from both the private sector and development organizations.

Project website

http://www.e-agriculture.org


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C7. E-agriculture 2012
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Coverage

Status

Ongoing

Start date

01 January 2007

End date

Not set


Entity name

e-Agriculture Community (FAO)

Entity country—type

Italy International Organization

Entity website

http://www.e-agriculture.org

Partners

Founding Partners include: CGIAR, CTA, FAO, GAID, GFAR, GKP, GIZ, IAALD, IICA, IFAD, IICD, NAL, UNDESA, The World Bank. Recent partnerships also include: GSMA Fund, Katalyst Bangladesh.