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EarthArXiv : a Preprint service for the Earth Sciences

29/01/2018

In 2017, the Center for Open Science (COS) and EarthArXiv launched a new preprint service, called EarthArXiv which provides free, open access, open source archives for the earth sciences. In particular :  EarthArXiv is …… comprised of 100+ international volunteers who share an interest in open, reproducible science. The name EarthArXiv is intentionally vague ...

AGORA free Online Course took place again at the beginning of 2018 !

26/01/2018

AGORA team started the year with the AGORA online course entitled “Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture”.The course was run first time in October 2017. Applicants who were placed in January 2018 group in the first call took the AGORA free online course from 29th ...

Make FAIR your Datasets using Springer Nature RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT

25/01/2018

RESEACRH DATA SUPPORT is an optional Springer Nature service available (starting 23 January, 2018) to researchers who have datasets they want to share, and make citable and findable. The final goal is to help researchers, institutions and funders make progress towards Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data. "Extending Research Data Support ...

Collaborating, Learning & Adapting (CLA) USAID's TOOLKIT... to Improve Capacity Development Programming

24/01/2018

If you want to make sure that your programs are coordinated with others, grounded in a strong Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E) base, and iteratively adapted to remain relevant throughout implementation, you might be interested to learn more about the USAID’s Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) TOOLKIT, - a set ...

CGIAR Capacity Building & other Efforts to Improve Food and Nutrition Security...The inside story

23/01/2018

"The need for Capacity Development arises in all fields of agri-food research, but is particularly pressing in new areas such as Data Management and Communication Technologies, Landscape analysis and Climate-smart agriculture". These issues, together with other CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) strategic priorities for a food-secure future, are ...