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CGIAR Big Data for Agriculture Platform is launched !

15/05/2017

(Source: http://bigdata.cgiar.org/)On 15 May 2017, at the ICT4D Conference  (15-18 May, 2017) in Hyderabad, India - CGIAR Big Data for Agriculture was launched!  Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is now fully operational HERE_________________________________________________________________________________________________Big Data and CGIARData is much more than simply information: in expert hands, it ...

Global Alliance for the Future of Food : pushing more sustainable food and agriculture systems

12/05/2017

The Global Alliance for the Future of Food (founded in 2012 as not a grant-maker) is a unique collaboration of philanthropic foundations that have come together to strategically leverage resources and knowledge, develop frameworks and pathways for change, and push the agenda for more sustainable food and agriculture systems globally. _________________________________________________________________________________________________“We ...

Webinar 15 May: A Data Citation Roadmap for Scholarly Data Repositories

11/05/2017

Join a LIBER Webinar on 15 May at 15:00 CET for looking at a practical roadmap to help scholarly data repositories implement data citation in accordance with the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles. Register HERE. _________________________________________________________________________________________________The roadmap makes 11 specific recommendations, grouped into three phases of implementation:1. Required steps needed to support ...

Seedmap.org : an online portal on Seeds, Biodiversity and Food

11/05/2017

Seedmap.org portal - launched in 2013 - is a unique, user-friendly, interactive and comprehensive online tool to explore where our food comes from, the challenges facing agriculture today, and strategies to overcome them._________________________________________________________________________________________________A diversity of food is vital for our health. Most of fruits, veggies were not originally available ...

Call for papers and workshop proposals: IAALD – AFRICA CONFERENCE

10/05/2017

The International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) Africa Chapter and the Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA) invite proposals (no later than 30th September 2017) for papers and workshops/seminars to be presented/organized at the 4th IAALD Africa Conference._________________________________________________________________________________________________     CONFERENCE THEME:Agricultural innovations, information and knowledge: Catalyzing ...