E-Agriculture has a crucial role in the empowerment of farmers in rural areas all over the world though information and communication processes, supporting them so they can improve the quality of life for themselves and for their families. The technological interventions can raise the living standards in marginalized communities by leveraging agricultural output and improvement of through technological interventions. ICT technologies give access to timely information such as weather forecasts, better pricing and allow the facilitating on-line trading which can improve the productivity of rural agricultural activities.

Furthermore, the deployment of ICT can provide a framework for monitoring of the use and efficient allocation/exploitation of natural resources as well as the support for remote diagnosis and treatment of diseases, providing a valuable tool for the improvement of the quality of Life.

The two day conference will focus on for the conceptualization, design, development, evaluation and application of innovative ways to use Information and Communication Technologies in the rural domain. The conference will, among others, explore the environmental impact of E-Agriculture in the improvement and more efficient use of natural resources and exploitation of nature's potential towards a sustainable growth that best matches Africa's needs. In this course, current trends in the fields of Agroecology and Organic Agriculture and the way these can be supported through e-Agriculture, as well as particular applications and use cases that meet the needs of the African continent will be presented and discussed. In parallel, impact that the use of e-services can have in the field of Food, Earth and Life sciences, taking into account the particularities of Africa, will be evaluated.

The conference will bring together scientists, government agencies, technology developers, engineers and NGO in an attempt to create a platform to exchange ideas and best practices on the implementation of e-Services for Agriculture, Food, Environment and Life sciences, with emphasis on e-Agriculture initiatives worldwide.

The event will include plenary sessions with distinguished keynote presentations and panel discussions with leading experts on cross-domain issues. In the context of the event, participants will be offered the choice to participate in interesting presentations and discussions.