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Towards Open Educational Resources (openly licensed & in open formats)

15/05/2018

In May 2018, a Working Group on Open Education Resources within the Ministry of Education of Brazil (MEC) published an ordinance that determines that all educational resources paid for by the ministry - which are to be used in basic education - must be openly licensed and use open format/standards ...

30 May - 1 June 2018 : Join the 4th IAALD AFRICA Conference 'Agricultural Innovations, Information and Knowledge'

14/05/2018

This conference will provide a platform for agricultural information and knowledge specialists in Africa to discuss & strategize their contributions to the global 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the global African Union's Agenda 2063, focusing on the CONFERENCE THEMES; for more info consult: The IAALD Africa Chapter >>> 4th IAALD Africa Conference**Conference delegates ...

AFRICAN REGIONAL DATA CUBE (ARDC) - based on the Open Data Cube (ODC) infrastructure - LAUNCHED (May 2018)

14/05/2018

The Africa Regional Data Cube (ARDC) was formally launched 9-11 May 2018, at a high-level event in Nairobi, Kenya.   ARDC is a new tool that harnesses processes in the latest Earth observation and satellite technology to help Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Tanzania address food security as well as issues ...

The Necessity for OPEN DATA on Land & Property Rights: a GODAN Action briefing paper

11/05/2018

Date of publication: April 2018Resource Language: EnglishPages: 16License: Creative Commons AttributionThis briefing paper is published as a thematic scoping for GODAN Action, which enables data users, producers and intermediaries to effectively engage with open data and maximize its potential for impact in the agriculture and nutrition sectors. GODAN Action targets ...

FOOD SAFETY METRICS : an overview of existing tools for researchers, policymakers and practitioners

10/05/2018

Grace, D., Dominguez-Salas, P., Alonso, S., Fahrion, A., Haesler, B., Heilmann, M., Hoffmann, V., Kang’ethe, E., Roesel, K. and Lore, T. 2018. Food safety metrics relevant to low and middle income countries. Technical Brief. Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Food Safety Working Group. Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and ...