The CIARD Movement has published a report about the Ghana Agricultural Information Network System (GAINS). The report documents the local evidence and lessons learned on the ways in which public research outputs are made truly accessible to audiences in Ghana. This was done through exploration of reports, websites and semi-structured interviews, using the CIARD Checklist and Framework for Questioning with key individuals involved in research information management, communication, strategy and/or policy in the seven institutes where the Ghana AGRIS Pilot Project (GAPP) was implemented. The main goal of GAPP was to develop open access to public domain scientific and technical information on agriculture through interlinked full-text repositories at institutional level as part of a Ghanaian national agricultural science and technology information system.

GAINS, an  information  exchange  network  of agricultural libraries of various member institutions in Ghana, has the mission to provide effective coordination among libraries and information centres of the network for improved information and communications management. 

Know more about GAINS and lessons learnt at the Ghana Agricultural Information Network System (GAINS) Case Study