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Open Access Week 2017 : initiatives and resources pushing in support of Open Science

24/10/2017

See: SPARC site highlighting examples of concrete benefits of making research openHappy International OPEN ACCESS Week , #OAweek , #OAWeek17 ! To celebrate the 10th edition of this global community-driven event, a number of communities of practice world-wide are pushing their #OpenAccess- themed events, new projects, webinars, posts . . . and many other initiatives and ...

GODAN e-learning course on Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition

23/10/2017

Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition online course (on GODAN portal) 19th November - 7th December 2018 1st - 19th October 2018 2nd July – 27th July 2018  9th April - 4th May 2018 13th November - 8th December 2017 ​in English - have been delivered through the FAO of the UN MOODLE e-learning platform.   ...

Celebrate Open Access week with African Open Science Platform !

20/10/2017

African Open Science Platform (AOSP) was launched in 2016 as the Africa-wide initiative to exploit the potential and promote the value of Open Data for Open Science.  By sharing : news on Open Science and Open Data-related events, as well as knowledge on the development and coordination of Data Policies, Data Training ...

Research4Life Stories of Change: What you need to know about AGORA - Watch the video !

20/10/2017

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) is one of the four Research4Life programmes that provides free or low cost access to major scientific journals in agriculture and related biological, environmental and social sciences to public institutions in developing countries. AGORA was launched in October 2003 and today, after ...

2017 Global Hunger Index: long-term progress in reducing hunger. Data Sharing helps equalize change in the food system

20/10/2017

The 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) - - jointly published (October 2017) by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe - - tracks the state of hunger in 119 countries worldwide, spotlighting those places where action to address hunger is most urgently needed.The 2017 Global Hunger Index was presented ...