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Don't forget to join us in A.S.I.R.A.'s first webinar

13/02/2017

A.S.I.R.A. (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture) Online Course for Low-Income Countries starts today, 13 February, 2017. We welcome 59 participants from 25 different countries! This will be a great opportunity for all of us to learn, engage and collaborate for the next four weeks. Throughout the course, several ...

13 February : Happy 2017 World Radio Day to All !

13/02/2017

 (Image credit:  WORLD RADIO DAY)Below you will find info about the WORLD RADIO DAY and links to ongoing initiatives in the field of community radio for agriculture and rural development:World Radio Day Radio stations, broadcasters & other institutions. Sign in or register to upload your event for World Radio ...

Free Webinar : OPEN DATA and OPEN SCIENCE : current trends and global initiatives

13/02/2017

(Image credit: The State of Open Data Report; figshare)Open Data and Open Science is a current hot topic and has implications for food and nutrition security, especially in Africa. JOIN us at a FREE WEBINAR dicussing OPEN DATA and OPEN SCIENCE: Current Trends and Global InitiativesDate: 14 February 2017, TuesdayTime: 13:00 Ghana | 14:00 ...

Towards Legislative Frameworks that allow Fair Dissemination, Access to, Sharing and Use of available knowledge

13/02/2017

The Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science with the  European University Association (EUA) High-Level Group on 'big deals' (with publishers on behalf of universities) met in Brussels on 12 and 13 January 2017 to discuss negotiations with large publishers, text and data mining (TDM), open research data and the European Open Science Cloud. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________...

Free Webinar : Data Architecture Strategies : Constructing Your Data Garden

10/02/2017

Date: February 14, 2017Time: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific (Time Zone Converter)Presenter: Peter Aiken. Peter is the Founding Director of Data Blueprint - a data management consulting firm. He is also a former President of the International Data Management Association (DAMA), an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University....