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October 2020 AGROVOC Thesaurus now with 37,831 concepts and 781,393 terms, now in up to 40 languages

01/10/2020

The October 2020 version of the AGROVOC thesaurus has been released now boasting 37,831 concepts and 781,393 terms, now in up to 40 languages. The AGROVOC team wishes to thank all of the AGROVOC editors, helping to contribute to the addition of concepts, terms and languages. Learn more information about the AGROVOC editors here. ...

Webinar on water scarcity and flood risk adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in Africa on 3 October

01/10/2020

The agricultural communication project 'Food Gist' is extending a special invitation to the webinar ‘Water Scarcity and Flood Risk Adaptation Strategies for Smallholder Farmers in Africa Vol. 1’ as part of the Food Gist Hub e-Thinking Series on Saturday, 3 October at 5 p.m. (GMT+1). The Food Gist Hub is an e-thinking ...

Webinar recording: understanding the impact of the RDA COVID-19 recommendations and guidelines on data sharing

30/09/2020

Under public health emergencies, and particularly the COVID19 pandemic, it is fundamental that data is shared in both a timely and an accurate manner. It is imperative, now more than ever, coupled with the harmonisation of the many diverse data infrastructures, to share preliminary data and results early and often. ...

Call for the Least Developed Countries: register before 28 September for the Research4Life online course

25/09/2020

The United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (TBLDC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are thrilled to continue a partnership to support the delivery of online training activities for the 47 least-developed countries to enhance the access to recent scientific knowledge, and thus give ...

Research4Life webinar: How to use the FSTA database for research in food and health science

23/09/2020

FSTA – Food Science & Technology Abstracts is a database by IFIS Publishing with scientific and technological information in the sciences of food and health. Research4Life users with access to FSTA content can do so via the EBSCO platform.   Join Research4Life on 24 September at 2:00 pm CET for a free webinar ...