AIMS

AGRIS and RJOAS announce competition for youth research projects

31/05/2012

The Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (RJOAS), supported by AGRIS, announced a competitive selection of the best youth research projects concerning the development and application of innovative technologies in the field of natural and the social sciences and humanities. Selection of projects The selection will take place at ...

Five new public library services for farmers in Kenya and Uganda

30/05/2012

Five new public library services for farmers have been launched in Kenya and Uganda with support from the EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP). These new services demonstrate the increasingly important role of public libraries in improving farmers’ lives and supporting agriculture development. Through providing grants ...

New on AIMS: Repository Development Case Studies

29/05/2012

A new menu topic called 'Repository Development Case Studies' has been added to the section 'Open Access' on AIMS. The objective of this section is to to collect stories on the creation of document repositories, like for example KAINet in Kenya, OpenAgri in India, and Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (...

Institutional Open Access Mandates in Agriculture

26/05/2012

The FAO AIMS team has compiled a list of Open Access mandates in agriculture derived from the Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates Archiving Policies (ROARMAP). It presents agricultural organizations with various types of institutional mandates – Institutional, Sub-institutional , Funders and Thesis mandates. The list is prepared as a reference point ...

5th VOA3R project meeting

25/05/2012

INRA and ACTA Informatique are pleased to host the 5th VOA3R meeting from May 29th to June 1 2012. It will take place at the Maison Nationale des Eleveurs in Paris, where ACTA and ACTA Informatique offices are located. Virtual Open Access Agriculture & Aquaculture Repository: Sharing Scientific and Scholarly Research related ...