The World Congress on Communication for Development got kicked off today in Rome. I guess we’re not the only ones to come up with the idea of a virtual press room. This is something I’d like to help companies and ag groups develop by the way.

Having participated in an event like this at FAO headquarters in the past, I know there’s a lot of dignitaries gathered there who want to help alleviate hunger in their respective countries. Of course food is essential and good communications is necessary to efficiently produce food. Ask any American farmer how important information is to him/her. What I think will be interesting is to see how the communications platforms develop in these countries. They probably aren’t going to be stringing wires all over the place to plug telephones into. Radio is going to be a big part of it (already is) and so will internet strategies.

USDA gets involved and had a report on the Congress out today which you can listen to:
fao-world-congress-1.mp3(1 min MP3)