The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with GFAR, the Global Data on Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN); the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the World Bank are inviting interested individuals to participate on the upcoming forum discussion to be held on e-agriculture platform. 

The proposed online debate on the e-Agriculture platform seeks to explore the interaction between use of ICTs in agriculture and issues around open data in agriculture and nutrition and its effective use, with a focus on establishing what benefits and possible losses, can accrue to farmers, especially small holder family farmers in developing countries, if technology and open data are used conjunctively. 

The purpose of this discussion is to explore how ICTs can be used in facilitating the fair use of open data in agriculture and nutrition by farmers in general and especially by the more vulnerable among them such family farmers, rural women and the youth engaged in farming as a livelihood. The discussion will bring to the fore the issues related to the publication, management and use of Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition.

To participate in any forums on e-Agriculture, you will need to be a registered member of the e-Agriculture Community and log in with your account at the time of the forum. To do so register to e-Agriculture.

For more information contact e-Agriculture

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