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Celebrating World Food Day 2020

16/10/2020

World Food Day, commemorating the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is celebrated every year on the day that FAO was founded, which is 16 October. This year marks 75 years of FAO growing, nourishing and sustaining our world. World Food Day is celebrated to raise ...

Become an expert Research4Life trainer: applications now open for grants

15/10/2020

Are you planning to conduct a training on Research4Life in your country? Would you like to become an expert trainer for your institution, teaching peers how to use Research4Life and access thousands of useful resources? The Medical Library Association (MLA) is now accepting grant applications for workshops and ...

Registration now open for RDA’s Virtual Plenary Event on 09 - 12 November

14/10/2020

The 16th Plenary meeting of the Research Data Alliance will take place 9-12 November 2020 and registration is now open.  With the theme "Knowledge Ecology", the event is co-organised by CONARE Costa Rica, RDA United States and Research Data Canada.   The virtual meeting will provide attendees the opportunity to remotely attend ...

CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture organizes youth in data digital bootcamp

13/10/2020

Each year the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture organizes an annual event as a way to bring together the community of scientists, researchers, technologists, development experts, policy analysts, donors, advocates, change agents, last-mile implementers, and many others at the intersection of big data and agriculture. Participants will join ...

AGRIS reaches new milestone of more than 12 million total records after addition of 83,278 new records as part of September data release

12/10/2020

The need for access to open data and data management has become increasingly more important for food security and nutrition. With that in mind, AGRIS is thrilled to announce that 83,278 additional records from 26 data providers representing 16 countries have been published in the International Information System for the Agricultural Science and ...