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Apply Now for CAS-TWAS President’s PhD Fellowship Programme in Agricultural Sciences & other fields
18/12/2018
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 ...
Collect Earth Online (CEO) next generation tool allows anyone to track land-use data and landscape changes anywhere
17/12/2018
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 ...
AGORA: Frequently Asked Questions (from the AGORA Alumni Webinar series, December 2018)
15/12/2018
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 ...
Open-Access TOOLKIT 'Biodiversity Mainstreaming for Healthy; Sustainable Food Systems'
13/12/2018
“Biodiversity is not just a luxury for the rich, it is a necessity for the poor.” (USAID) The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Initiative (BFN Project) shares its new open-access guide that collects lessons learned from four partner countries - Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey - to help others ...