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SciDev.Net : bringing science and development together through original news and analysis

18/02/2016

SciDev.Net is the world’s leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis on information about science and technology for global development. There are lots of ways to become part of the SciDev.Net community and contribute to SciDev.Net – from commenting on articles to following SciDev....

Join our Webinar: Big Data and the 7 Societal Challenges Out-of-the-box technology for the future.

17/02/2016

As the Big Data Europe project enters its second year, we’re doing everything we can to make it as simple as possible to get acquainted with the platform which is under development, and facilitate future deployments of our platform to support your Big Data pipelines. We are therefore happy ...

Join the third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development in Africa from 5-8 April, 2016!

17/02/2016

Join this event to help determine how agri-food research and innovation can best meet the world’s development needs while reflecting Sustainable Development Goals.  Pre-registration for the Conference is now open: GCARD3 Global Event.“To face the challenges ahead of them, farmers, foresters, food and bio-based industries need new knowledge ...

AGRIS highlights: Feedback from our data providers and users

16/02/2016

AGRIS is a global public good and its vision is to be a responsive service to its user needs by facilitating contributions and feedback regarding the AGRIS core knowledgebase, AGRIS’s future and its continuous development. To achieve this AGRIS holds periodic surveys, consultations and partner meetings.On the AGRIS ...

Focusing on effective science communication to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

16/02/2016

Embracing and financing the Sustainable Development Goals through effective science communication - linked to  national, regional and global agenda - could help Africa develop. “Since the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 - known as the Earth Summit, it was recognized that achieving Sustainable Development would require ...