THE E-AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY

Knowledge and Capacity for Development Branch (OEKC)

A global Community of Practice.People networking, and exchanging

information, ideas and resources on the use of information and communication

technologies (ICT) for sustainable agriculture and food security.

About e-Agriculture

Founding partners (2006)

Why join e-Agriculture?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mRV5Rb_yhw

Growth of the Community

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 today0

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Twitter followersRegistered

10,000 Members registered

Government 11%

Private sector 15%

NGO/CSO 21%

UN/international organizations 16%

Research organizations 11%

Universities 23%

Media organizations 3%

Africa 25%

Asia 29%

Europe 13%

LAC 23%

Near East 3%

North America 7%

Southwest Pacific 2%

As of Jan. 2013 for all reported data. Rounding results in total >100.

Community facilitation

Social Media12,877 Twitter followers 2,071 Facebook Likes 1,684 LinkedIn group members

Content Highlights1,915 news items 648 Knowledge Base references 552 forum posts 503 event listings 124 blog posts 16 policy briefs

e-Agriculture stats 11 Apr. 2013

Sharing and social

5 years, 20 forums, 3 languages,over 50,000 participants

Policy briefs used at Rio+20, GCARD 2

Discussion forums & policy

Extended knowledge sharing

Events:

Publications:

For

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Capacity development

ICT skills and the IMARK partnership Free learning/training resources for the

Community

Community experience informs contributors to IMARK content

www.imarkgroup.org

e-Agriculture’s Success

Value from networking and collaboration

= active people animating

the Community

Promote FAO’s use of ICT in its work across the world:• on the e-Agriculture platform• at ict4ag conference in Kigali in November

2013

What e-Agriculture can do for you

DISCUSSION

THE E-AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY

www.e-agriculture.org

Community Facilitation

The e-Agriculture Team Staff member Intern Virtual volunteers

Active in English, Spanish and French.

Information Management

Supported by OEKCS

Drupal - an open source content management systemhttp://drupal.org/

AgriDrupal - an extension for agricultural information systemshttp://aims.fao.org/tools/agridrupal

Daily management