eAgriculture

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Technical Consultation on Agricultural
Information and Knowledge Management
e-Agriculture www.e-agriculture.org
28 September 2007
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
WSIS Plan of Action 2005 Tunis Action Line
ICT Applications e-Agriculture Facilitator
FAO
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The WSIS E-Agriculture Working Group 2006
Goal to create multi-stakeholder,
people-centred, cross-sectoral platform(s) that
will bring together stakeholders representing
relevant constituencies of e-Agriculture.
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Global Survey Oct/Nov 2006

• Three languages English, French, Spanish
• Promoted through variety of channels
• 3,000 people in 135 countries participated
• Objectives To analyze and identify
• Familiarity with the term e-Agriculture
• Definition of e-Agriculture
• Activities already taking place
• Benefits of and barriers to e-Agriculture
• Priority activities for the community to consider

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Survey What is E-Agriculture?

• INFORMATION PROCESSES (46)
• - Relating to SPECIFIC INFORMATION TYPES (25)
• - Focused on SPECIFIC TOPICS (12)
• Or OTHER AGRICULTURAL PROCESSES (17)
• Using ICT TOOLS/TECHNOLOGIES (34)
• By AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS (18)
• Resulting in DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES (10)

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Survey Priorities for International Forum
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The Community of Expertise
Reinforcing the value of global dialogue and
cooperation to address emerging issues around the
role of ICT as an instrument of sustainable
development.

• Three components
• Web-based platform phased development
• Face-to-face meetings and events
• In-country interventions

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The Community of ExpertiseActivities
May-September 2007

• Web platform
• Preliminary launch May
• 3100 visitors (134 countries)
• Registration 1300 members (109 countries)
• Virtual Forums (English and Spanish) incl. CGIAR
  Forum
• Main launch 28 September
• Meetings
• e-Agriculture Week 10 Meetings Rome,
  September

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The Community of ExpertiseFuture Perspectives

• Web platform
• New components for collaboration
• Expansion of Policy dimension InfoDev
• Meetings
• GK3 (Global Knowledge Partnership) Malaysia,
  December 2007
• Congress on E-Agriculture Japan, August 2008
• In-country interventions - reports from
  stakeholders

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Participation of Member States

• The Consultation may wish to recommend that
  Members encourage stakeholders to contribute to
  the Community, as well as create and foster
  national and regional partnerships in the area of
  e-Agriculture. The Consultation may also wish to
  recommend specific topics in the area of
  e-Agriculture as priorities for consideration by
  the Community.