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Hunting for evidence in the DATA LANDSCAPE in Higher Education: how to explore and understand the range of DATA...

27/02/2019

We are surrounded by mountains of data and statistics... A webinar entitled HUNTING for EVIDENCE in the DATA LANDSCAPE (provided by the Scottish Enhancement Themes initiative, in February 2019) presents a base camp, map and compass for... ... staff involved in managing academic quality to EXPLORE and better UNDERSTAND the range of ...

The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture (FAO, 2019) based on DATA

26/02/2019

In February 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released  its new report on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture entitled 'The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture' (SoW-BFA).  Based on data provided by 91 countries and 27 international organizations, analysis of global literature and datasets, ...

How to submit data to AGRIS. Instructions to data providers

26/02/2019

AGRIS has been facilitating information exchange and providing access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations  since its creation in 1974. To date, AGRIS offers free access to more than 10,000,000 bibliographic records and provides links to access around 2.5 million ...

BonaRes: a community-driven Data Portal for interoperable Agricultural Data

25/02/2019

Sustainable soil management implies the efficient utilization of natural resources including water, energy, land, and nutrients. The resource efficient optimization of such soil services requires a systemic understanding of the biological, chemical and physical processes interacting in the soil system as well as its dynamics with soil management.   BONARES INITIATIVE  ...

GO FAIR Processes & Implementation Networks (INs). Towards Food Systems IN

22/02/2019

Download GO FAIR flyer here GO FAIR IS...  ... is a community-led, bottom-up and self-governed initiative which aims at fostering the coherent development of the global Internet of FAIR Data & Services (IFDS), with the main focus on early developments in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). To this end, the GO ...