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Ministerial Dialogue on Agriculture, Science and Technology

24/04/2012

The "2nd Ministerial Dialogue on Agriculture, Science and Technology" was held successfully on 18-19 April 2012 at the Forum for Agricultural research in Africa (FARA) Secretariat in Accra, Ghana. Read the Communiqué (pdf). Focus on mechanisms to integrate research, extension and education The Ministerial Dialogue brought together African ministers of agriculture, ...

OA Repository of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute - India

24/04/2012

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) was established in 1947 by the Government of India under Ministry of Agriculture with headquarters at Madras.The institutional repository was created to show case the research output and create professional visibility of scientists of the institute. About the Repository The repository runs on ...

Open Science for the 21st century

23/04/2012

ALLEA, All European Academies, released on April 11th the Declaration "Open Science for the 21st century" to acknowledge Open Access as part of the future of Open Science. The declaration describes the vision of Open Science in the 21st century and lists the requirements that need to be fulfilled to ...

"DSpace Administrator Help" document updated with AgriOcean DSpace paragraph

19/04/2012

The AgriOcean DSpace team added a paragraph specific on AgriOcean DSpace to the  DSpace Administrator Help document. It may help to customize the interface. Download the Updated DSpace Administrator Help document A link to the document is also available on the AOD Support Material page on AIMS. The document is ...

Researcher's behaviour towards ‘openness’ of research outputs

19/04/2012

In March 2011 an online worldwide survey was conducted by CGIAR, FAO and GFAR on behalf of the CIARD initiative to explore and identify the benefits and incentives for researchers and scientists to communicate their research outputs. There were almost 1500 responses to the survey, with 50% of respondents identifying that they worked ...