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Deposit your research data as FAIR Data with help of REPOSITORY FINDER!

23/09/2018

With REPOSITORY FINDER - hosted by DataCite - you can find an appropriate repository to deposit your research data.  REPOSITORY FINDER queries the re3data registry of research data repositories. REPOSITORY FINDER is a pilot project of the Enabling FAIR Data Project (2017-2019).ENABLING FAIR DATA PROJECT : GOALSFAIR-aligned data repositories ...

South Africa is working towards the advancement of the OPEN SCIENCE agenda elsewhere on the continent

20/09/2018

"Open Science refers to an approach to research based on greater access to public research data enabled by information and communications technology tools and platforms, broader collaboration in science – including the participation of non-scientists – and the use of alternative copyright tools for diffusing research results" (PDF; 2018 White Paper on Science, ...

Workshop Registration is still Open: Data Management for Wheat Phenotyping

18/09/2018

The Wheat Initiative, through the Expert Working Groups on Wheat Phenotyping and Wheat Information System, is organizing a two-day (24th - 25th of September) training workshop on data management for wheat phenotyping data. Attendees will be provided with an overview of current practices and methods for data standardization, and how ...

Free Open Science TRAINING e-courses (FOSTER)

18/09/2018

FOSTER Open Science toolkit (release: November 2018) How do you put Open Science into practice? Take a look at these free Open Science courses that provide focused, practical and relevant, discipline-specific examples to answer some of the burning questions researchers have.  The courses include practical tips on getting started with Open ...

Driving Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers by Leveraging Satellite Data and Machine Learning (recorded webinar)

15/09/2018

You are welcome to watch the recorded FAO e-Agriculture's and Harvesting's webinar on 'Driving Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers by Leveraging Satellite Data and Machine Learning' RECORDING About this webinar There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers in the world. Only 7% have access to financing for inputs like improve seeds, ...