The Open Access Policy Mandates page available on the Open Access Section has been updated to incorporate additional policies announced as of October 2012. Open Access Policy Mandates page lists policies from organisations in the field of agriculture and related sciences that have adopted an open access policy.

Some of the added policies include:

• Jomo Kenyata University of Agriculture and Technology policy (June, 2012);
• Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro policy (September,2012); and 
• the re-launched Research Councils of UK policy (July 2012).