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AccessAgriculture showcases a number of free agricultural training videos in different local languages

04/07/2018

(Image source: AccessAgriculture Video: Self help group)An international NGO AccessAgriculture showcases a number of free agricultural training videos in different local languages. AccessAgriculture is a global leader enabling South-South exchange of and access to quality materials to secure sustainable livelihoods of smallholder farmers and users of natural resources. Resourses ...

Open Access Button and Unpaywall : an easy way to find Open Access versions of publications

04/07/2018

Handout from EIFL Open Access Button Webinar Learn from the recorded webinar how to use free, open source tools like Open Access Button and Unpaywall to find and share open access content:Joe McArthur (Director of Open Access Button) shows how tools like Open Access Button and Unpaywall work, and ...

Use of the AGROVOC thesaurus as a common vocabulary in CGIAR Core Metadata Schema and Application Profile

03/07/2018

"There is … a considerable body of work building ontologies for the food and agriculture domain, which has gone hand in hand with the development of Linked Data (and LOD) in the agri-food domain. The major effort here has been AGROVOC." (ICT-AGRI 2 ICT and robotics for sustainable agriculture, 2018).AGROVOC : BACKGROUNDThe Food ...

Introduction to Text and Data Mining: a free 6 hour online course (from FOSTER & OpenMinTeD projects)

02/07/2018

The resources in this FREE E-LEARNING SECTION  - shared by FOSTER and OpenMinTeD projects - will help you to get started on developing a better understanding of Text Mining. You will find basic information on the steps involved in Text Mining, and the importance of Text Mining Scholarly Publications.Do ...

From Workshop on AGORA: Access to Global Online Information in Agricultural Research (13-14 June 2018 San Salvador, El Salvador)

30/06/2018

From 13 to 14 June 2018, FAO of the UN organized a national workshop on AGORA and Research4Life in San Salvador, El Salvador, during which librarians, researchers, lecturers, professors, ministerial staff and decision makers gathered to learn more about the programmes and enhance their capacities to access and use the resources available ...