e-Agriculture: A Global Community Facilitating Dialogue and Resources on the Use of ICTs for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

e-Agriculture is a global Community of Practice, where people from all over the world exchange information, ideas, and resources related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for sustainable agriculture and rural development.

With over 8,000 members from 160 countries and territories, the e-Agriculture Community is made up of individual stakeholders such as information and communication specialists, researchers, farmers, students, policy makers, business people, development practitioners, and others.

The e-Agriculture website is organised into communications sections for members to share and develop knowledge and information on ICT in support of agriculture and rural development.  Section headings include Resources, Key Topics, Dialogue, and Connect.  Within these users are able to catch up on news and events, read and add to blog and forum postings, and communicate directly with other members.  Key Topics include Agricultural Value Chains and ICT, Gender, the ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook, Mobile Telephony, Public and Private Partnerships, and follow-up information on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) with regards to the identified action line of e-agriculture and subsequent responsibilities of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Users are free to view materials on the website without membership obligations, however contribution to forums, blog postings, and communications with members require user accounts.  Membership registration information can be found here.