AIMS

Applications to Attend OpenCon 2014 Now Open!

05/08/2014

Applications to attend OpenCon 2014 are now open! The application includes the opportunity to apply for a travel scholarship to cover the cost of travel and accommodations for OpenCon 2014. Interested users can apply before the 25th of August 2014 and accepted applicants will be notified by the 12th of September 2014. OpenCon 2014 is ...

Free Open Course : Open Knowledge Changing the global course of learning

01/08/2014

Stanford University (together with its partners) is offering a free OpenKnowledge course entitled,'Open Knowledge Changing the global course of learning'. The free course starts on the 2nd of September to the 12th of December 2014. If you are interested in Open Knowledge, technological change, digital identity, open science, Data and ...

Nouvelle version de Agrovoc

31/07/2014

Version française élaborée à partir du billet : New AGROVOC release is out! de Caterina.Caracciolo. Aims FAO. 28 juillet 2014. et aussi publiée sur l'Observatoire des technologies de l'IST de l'INRA Le vocabulaire  international en agriculture de la FAO, AGROVOC a été mis à jour le 23 juillet  2014. Il est disponible aux ...

Opening up data for agriculture and nutrition: The GODAN initiative

30/07/2014

[This post was originally published in the Agro-Know blog] One of the hottest topics during the last years have been Open Data. Open Data is a powerful tool for long-term sustainable development by improving the economic opportunities for farmers and the health of all consumers. There have been and still ...

New AGROVOC release is out!

28/07/2014

We are pleased to announce the new AGROVOC release. The new release is available; for download through web services through the SPARQL endpoint through the VocBench Sandbox The updated AGROVOC will also be available for browsing at http://aims.fao.org/agrovoc/ What is new? Ukranian version! Thanks to Tatiana ...