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How stakeholders utilize AGROVOC as a source and reference for existing vocabularies

28/02/2020

Hear from Esther Mietzsch from The Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in Landwirtschaft eV (KTBL), a current AGROVOC stakeholder, about how her organization utilizes AGROVOC as a source and reference for existing glossaries and vocabularies and what to look forward to in 2020.   About KTBL The Kuratorium für Technik ...

GACS Core is not currently being updated and will not be actively maintained in the future

28/02/2020

A meeting held on 5-6 November 2019 at FAO in Rome assessed the current status and future prospects for the Global Agricultural Concept Space (GACS)  -- a Linked Open Data concept scheme created by mapping frequently-used concepts at the intersection of three major agricultural thesauri: the AGROVOC Thesaurus, the CAB Thesaurus (...

Remote Role - Knowledge Management Research Fellowship

27/02/2020

The International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) invites applications for a one year research fellowship for Knowledge Management (KM). The fellowship aims to promote a better understanding of KM, providing assistance to young researchers specializing in fields relevant to KM activities, and offers an exceptional first ...

Invitation to the Digital Innovation Dialogue: Farmer Digital Identity and Data Ownership

26/02/2020

In 2019, CIO organized seven sessions of Digital Innovation Dialogue which saw more than 400 people participating. The 8th session focusing on Farmer Digital Identity and Data Ownership is set to take place on March 2 from 14:30-16:00 CET. This is the  first Digital Innovation Dialogue in 2020. This Dialogue covers two important topics: (...

AGRIS Reaches 11,714,169 Records!

25/02/2020

The AGRIS team is thrilled to announce that today, 77,756 additional records from 17 data providers representing 13 countries have been published in the International Information System for the Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS). AGRIS now boasts 11,714,169 total records. In a world where the need for access and understanding of open data and ...