e-Agriculture overview at FAO headquarters
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THE E-AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY Knowledge and Capacity for Development Branch (OEKC)
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12 April 2012 presentation to FAO headquarters colleagues on the e-Agriculture Community, how it fulfills a mandate, and its potential in supporting the activities of the Organization. Also discussed were issues around online community management.
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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
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
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
ums
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
