e-Agriculture Newsletter Issue #4, 2018

Focus on WSIS Forum 2018                                                            [Online version]

This year’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum was held on the 19-23rd of March 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland under the theme “Leveraging ICTs to Build Information and Knowledge Societies for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. Some of the WSIS Forum 2018 outcomes for the Action Line C7: E-Agriculture include the #HackAgainstHunger, WSIS Prizes 2018, the WSIS Action Line C7 sessions and events.

While each WSIS Forum is different, each edition is preceded by the Open Consultation Process that enable members to come up with an agenda. The final WSIS meetings is comprised of, Best Practices, WSIS Prizes, Special Tracks and High level panels. More info

Related news WSIS 2018 Prizes Winners announced

WSIS Prizes 2018 winners represent the respective 18 WSIS Action lines. The winner for the E-Agriculture Category for the WSIS Prize 2018 is the e-Voucher Systems: Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks and Institutions, an IFAD project that is being implemented in Kenya. More info

Building a Framework for Digital Innovation in Agriculture session

FAO and ITU facilitated the "Digital Innovations" event with presentations from FAO, ITU, Frog and AMPLIO. The presenters focused on how technology can end hunger and malnutrition. Digital innovation and ICTs have a great potential to transform the approach in the 17 SDGs. More info

Interview with James AzevedoGorgen, WSIS Action Line Facilitator

After every WSIS meeting it is customary for Action Line Facilitators to be interviewed.This video shows a selection of WSIS Action Line Facilitators at the just ended WSIS FORUM 2018, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland. The E-Agriculture Action Line co-Facilitator is Mr. James AzevedoGorgen. More info

In other news

FAO develops a mobile app to help monitor Fall Armyworm

The mobile app (FAMEWS) will help farmers and extension officers to collect and record information when scouting fields and checking pheromone traps for Fall Armyworm (FAW).The easy to use and intuitive app is meant to be used by countries affected by the FAW in Africa. More info

e-Agriculture Twitter members clock 46,000!

The e-Agriculture Community of Practice now has 46,000 members, and invites you to follow us at @e_agriculture . By following us you have a chance to receive updates from us and our community of partners in real time. More info

Innovation funding Calls in ICTs and Agriculture