Participants of the AGORA workshop, Lalitpur, Nepal, 30 March 2018 INTRODUCTION The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a two-day national workshop on Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) on 29–30 March 2018 at ICIMOD, Lalitpur, Nepal. ...

   SDG-Conference: Towards Zero Hunger - Partnerships for impact.This conference brings together key stakeholders to discuss their views and contributions for achieving the Sustanaible Development Goals (SDGs), and to take action towards reaching the targets and partnerships. The focus for presentations, dialogues and actions is: “Evidence base for healthy , sustainable ...

(Sources for images: E-Agriculture, Africa.Farming.Com) We would like to congratulate colleagues at A WorldBridge* for their exceptional determination and efforts in contributing technical excellence and substantive achievements to assisting small-holder farmers in Africa in managing the Fall Armyworm through the  Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS) ...

The past 11th Research Data Alliance (RDA) Plenary  (21-23 March 2018, Berlin, Germany) - with the theme “From data to knowledge” -  brought together data scientists, experts and practitioners engaged in the advancement of data-driven science and economy from across the globe. Prior to the RDA 11 Plenary, the Agricultural Data Interest ...

Here are some recent developments in support of Open Science from the FOSTER project. In March 2018, FOSTER released:Open Science Training Handbook, in GitHub. Version 1.0 is now available as GitBook (CC 0 license);Its policy briefing 'Roadmap for Implementing Open Science Training Practices in Research Institutions'. It shows 3 key ways to ...