AIMS

New Agricultural Code Of Conduct Toolkit

21/05/2020

There is currently no clear legal framework for farm data sharing. While laws and regulations that govern personal data (such as the GDPR) are becoming increasingly common, there remains little legislation covering data in agriculture. A lack of transparency around issues such as data rights, privacy and security are prevalent, ...

Launching the Land Governance Thesaurus LandVoc 2.0: Keeping Data Out of Lockdown

20/05/2020

The Land Portal Foundation is glad to bring your attention to a new and improved version of a powerful information tool called LandVoc, which is referred to as LandVoc 2.0!  In these difficult times, access to accurate and timely information has become an essential service and it is our collective responsibility ...

IGAD Online Meeting set for 25 to 28 May 2020 - Registration is now open

19/05/2020

The Research Data Alliance (RDA) Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) meeting focusing on IGAD/RDA : Sharing Experiences and Creating Digital Dialogues, which was set to be held in Rome (Italy) in April 2020 will now take place as a virtual meeting from May 25 to 28.  The virtual meeting will provide an ...

Reminder: Call for the Least Developed Countries: Register for the Research4Life Massive Open Online Course

18/05/2020

The United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (UNTB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently announced a new partnership  to support the delivery of online training activities for the 47 least-developed countries to enhance the access to recent scientific knowledge, and thus give them ...

Subscribe today - Stay up to date with AIMS communication channels

15/05/2020

There are many online communication tools and channels readily available highlighting all areas of AIMS interests and initiatives, keeping subscribers up to date on all of the latest knowledge, information, data sharing and more.  One of the main communication channels are tailored electronic mailing lists, individualized to distribute updates surrounding ...