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EURAGRI Workshop: “Big Data in Agriculture: Consequences for research and research organizations”

02/03/2016

The European Agricultural Research Initiative (EURAGRI) is a European platform for the political and executive organizations in the fields of Food and Agricultural Policy and Research. By providing a forum for informal exchange on opinions and views on developments in science, society and industry, thus facilitating the design, implementation and ...

Effective reading and writing: Research4Life offers authorship skills training

02/03/2016

So you've done the research, now it's time to communicate your findings clearly and effectively. Research4Life' s Authorships Skills training course shows you howDid you skim-read that scientific paper adequately? Does your writing draw conclusions and link concepts clearly enough for your reader? Low and behold, not all scientists ...

AGRIS used in Academic Information Seeking MOOC

01/03/2016

AGRIS is used as a resource in the Academic Information Seeking MOOC offered via Cousera platform.AGRIS is part of the resources that are recommended to students  of the Massice Online Course (MOOC) on Academic Information Seeking which is available on Cousera.org platform. This course is jointly sponserd by ...

Research Data Alliance 7th Plenary meeting - what is it and why is it important for IGAD?

29/02/2016

The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is a global data-sharing initiative that aims to open up access to data. It’s multi disciplinary, meaning that its 42 separate Interest Groups (IGAD is one) can cover anything from oceanography to medicine and countless disciplines in between.  The common aim is to create better ...

IGAD pre-conference meeting kicks off 28 Feb in Tokyo, followed by two IGAD feedback sessions during the RDA Plenary 7

26/02/2016

Big topics on the pre-meet agenda include rice research data, data access and availability, and agricultural data interoperability   IGAD – the Interest Group on Agricultural Data which operates as part of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), is hosting two days of pre-conference meetings 28 – 29th Feb ahead of the RDA 7th Plenary (...