About e-Agriculture

E-Agriculture is an emerging field focusing on the enhancement of agricultural and rural development through improved information and communication processes.  More specifically, e-Agriculture involves the conceptualization, design, development, evaluation and application of innovative ways to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in the rural domain, with a primary focus on agriculture.

E-Agriculture is a relatively new term and we fully expect its scope to change and evolve as our understanding of the area grows.

WSIS and E-Agriculture

E-Agriculture is one of the action lines identified in the declaration and plan of action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The "Tunis Agenda for the Information Society," published on 18 November 2005, emphasizes the leading facilitating roles that UN agencies need to play in the implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been assigned the responsibility of organizing activities related to the action line under C.7 ICT Applications on E-Agriculture. In 2006, a multi-stakeholder working group was set up to guide efforts in this area.

For the WSIS Plan of Action click here

For more information on the role of e-agriculture in the WSIS Plan of Action, contact info@e-agriculture.org

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON E-AGRICULTURE

The week-long dialogue, took place 21-28 September 2007 at FAO in Rome, Italy, focused on the use of information, communication, and associated technologies in sustainable agricultural development and food security. Click here for more information.