yesterday I had a presentation with the staff of the "Information Aquisition and processing" cluster of the Outreach Division of the UN secretariat. After the presentation I had talks with Shinichi Kushima the cluster chief and we agreed to set up a common project. Our discussion can be summarized as ...
The Open Access Working Group has was born from the final regional Implementation and Coordination of Agricultural Research (ICART) workshop by the SADC Network of Agricultural Research & Development Information Managers with its main aim on the development of a regional Agricultural Information Communication & Knowledge Management Strategy (AICKM). This programme is ...
Yesterday, 1st September 2010, our group in FAO attended a presentation by Rahul Samaddar (IIT Kanpur) on the status of the AgroTagger service (more info on AgroTagger here).
Other meetings with Rahul are planned for the next two days. This is just a short summary of the first day.
The AgroTagger ...
Travel to Bangkok, Thailand.
Purpose: Participate in the “Workshop on ICT/ICM for National Agricultural Research Information Systems in the Asia-Pacific Region”, taking place from 14th to 17th September 2010 at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The workshop is co-organized and co-sponsored by APAARI, GFAR and FAO and will include ...
Travel to Tucson (AZ), USA.. Purpose: Attend the Face-to-face meeting for the launch of the Rangelands West project taking place from 7th to 10th September 2010 at the University of Arizona. The theme of the meeting is to discuss the Rangelands project where OEKC is a consultant partner on the overall ...
