The FAO is just concluding e-Agriculture Week in Rome.

A week-long dialogue focusing on the use of information, communication, and associated technologies in sustainable agricultural development and food security. “e-Agriculture” is an emerging field comprising the enhancement of agriculture and rural development through improved information exchange, communication and learning processes, based on the use of internet and other digital technologies by actors in agriculture locally, regionally and worldwide.

Basically they’re talking about usine Web 2.0 strategies for agricultural communications. That would be blogging and podcasting! I guess we’ve started a worldwide “revolution.”

I’ve got an audio clip with Mr Anton Mangstl, Director, Knowledge Exchange and capacity Building Division (FAO). He talks about an “e-Revolution that can make reform and changes happen in FAO” …starting with a Director’s blog?”

Listen to Mr. Mangstl here: fao-web.mp3