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Tanzania Open Data Portal and Four tailored E-learning modules to help clean, organise, publish and use its data
"Access to information means nothing when freedom of expression is not protected", - Open Data Institute. ...
2018 Blog archive
Total results: 227
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Blog PostPromoting Digital Access to Research in Least Developed Countries through Research4Life partnership
1,400 librarians, researchers and students from 10 countries have learnt how to access and search digital scientific and academic information provided by Research4Life partners in the framework of...
Blog PostThe UN Biodiversity Lab : a scalable open-source Data platform to provide key information on the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and nature-based Sustainable Development Goals
Currently, many countries still lack access to geospatial data due to limitations in data availability and technical capacity. ...
Blog PostApply Now for CAS-TWAS President’s PhD Fellowship Programme in Agricultural Sciences & other fields
According to an agreement between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 200 students/scholars...
Blog PostCollect Earth Online (CEO) next generation tool allows anyone to track land-use data and landscape changes anywhere
In December 2018, FAO launched a new open-access tool 'Collect Earth Online (CEO)' that allows anyone to track land-use and landscape changes anywhere. ...
Blog PostAGORA: Frequently Asked Questions (from the AGORA Alumni Webinar series, December 2018)
On 3, 4 and 5 December 2018, the AGORA Team at FAO of the UN organised a series of webinars for the 2018 AGORA Alumni of the online course Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Access to Global...
Blog PostOpen-Access TOOLKIT 'Biodiversity Mainstreaming for Healthy; Sustainable Food Systems'
“Biodiversity is not just a luxury for the rich, it is a necessity for the poor.” (USAID) ...
Blog PostThe Africa Regional Data Cube (ARDC): watch the recorded webinar to learn more
On the 30 November, 2018, the Africa Open Data Network (AODN) in conjunction with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) and Big Data for...
Blog PostAGROVOC December 2018 release is out. With 36,013 concepts!
FAO AGROVOC team takes this opportunity to inform you about the FAO AGROVOC December 2018 release. Starting April 2017, the FAO AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus has been updated on a...
Blog PostData Management concepts and terms: discover Data Thesaurus
Looking for controlled vocabularies or terminologies in the domain of Research Data Management? ...