1,400 librarians, researchers and students from 10 countries have learnt how to access and search digital scientific and academic information provided by Research4Life partners in the framework of a new activity of the UN’s Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries. The United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (...
Currently, many countries still lack access to geospatial data due to limitations in data availability and technical capacity.
The free, online, open-source UN Biodiversity Lab platform provides spatial data through a free, cloud-based tool to support Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in reporting on their achievements ...
According to an agreement between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 200 students/scholars from all over the world will be sponsored to study in China for doctoral degrees for up to 4 years. This ...
In December 2018, FAO launched a new open-access tool 'Collect Earth Online (CEO)' that allows anyone to track land-use and landscape changes anywhere.
CEO is now available through FAO's Open Foris platform - a set of free and open-source software tools that facilitate flexible and efficient data collection, analysis and ...
On 3, 4 and 5 December 2018, the AGORA Team at FAO of the UN organised a series of webinars for the 2018 AGORA Alumni of the online course Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture - AGORA. The webinar aimed at sharing experiences on the use of the AGORA ...
