AIMS

Third and last question

22/09/2010

Dear all, I believe we have heard enough ideas and experiences and that we should start formulating conclusions how to go further with Agridrupal. Johannes and I had a brief exchange and we thought it is best to combine the remaining questions: Is there a need to develop specific modules ...

Second question: what kind of support

13/09/2010

Dear all, Thanks for your contributions. I wil leave the first question open for a few days and will summarize by Thursday. Meanwhile I would like to stick to the schedule and ask the next question. It reads: What kind of support from other institutions in the agricultural domain would ...

Rangelands West: Going Global

08/09/2010

Valeria and I are in Tucson, participating in the inception workshop of the ISE-NIFA project on a global Knowledge System for Range Lands.  we will report life from the workshop.  Photos are at  http://www.flickr.com/photos/johanneskeizer/sets/72157624909516446/. The workshop has participants from University of Arizona, UC Davis, ...

Presentation and talks with the Outreach Division of the Secretariat

04/09/2010

yesterday I had a presentation with the staff of the "Information Aquisition and processing" cluster of the Outreach Division of the  UN secretariat.   After the presentation I had talks with Shinichi Kushima the cluster chief and we agreed to set up a common project.  Our discussion can be summarized as ...

Opening access to agricultural information in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

04/09/2010

The Open Access Working Group has was born from the final regional Implementation and Coordination of Agricultural Research (ICART) workshop by the SADC Network of Agricultural Research & Development Information Managers with its main aim on the development of a regional Agricultural Information Communication & Knowledge Management Strategy (AICKM). This programme is ...