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Dady Demby on CIARD in Africa

Dady Demby (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa) speaking in Beijing on new directions forward for FARA and CIARD. Structures are in place, but there needs to be a focus on grassroots activity in Africa.

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Marie-Claude Deboin explains CIARD for French-speaking countries

Marie-Claude Deboin, head of the Scientific and Technical Information Delegation at CIRAD, comments on sharing ideas with colleagues in Asia and from around the world at the CIARD Expert Consultation in Beijing, and on making plans to promote the initiative in French speaking countries.

Dady Demby on CIARD next steps

Dady Demby from FARA talks about CIARD open access initiative and discussions about next steps and actions held at the CIARD Expert Consultation in Beijing. He pointed out that good progress is being made.

Hugo Besemer discusses new CIARD directions

Hugo Besemer from Wageningen, Netherlands, speaking from Beijing CIARD Expert Consultation outlines CIARD framework and plans to expand beyond open source documents to include data and other resources.


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Le salon virtuel CIARD : des pratiques et des services innovants pour partager l’information et les connaissances

L’initiative CIARD vient de mettre en ligne un salon virtuel, http://www.ciard.net.

Vous y trouverez des itinéraires de découverte, d’apprentissage et d’échange des connaissances issues de la recherche agricole pour le développement.
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La feria CIARD : un nuevo servicio en línea para mejorar la comunicación de la investigación

El último desarrollo de la iniciativa CIARD (Coherencia en la información para la investigación agrícola para el desarrollo), ha lanzado la feria virtual CIARD en su sitio web. Para aquellos que involucrados en la captura, gestión y comunicación de la información y el conocimiento en investigación, la feria ofrece un ambiente abundante para el descubrimiento, el aprendizaje y el intercambio.
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Research4Life - journal access for low and middle income countries

Research4Life is a public-private partnership whereby 150 publishers provide free or very low-cost access to the full text of over 8000 journals in low and middle income countries.

The CIARD Fair - a new online facility to improve research communication

The latest development of the CIARD (Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development) initiative has been launched on its website – namely the CIARD virtual Fair. For those who are involved in the capture, management and communication of research information and knowledge, the Fair provides a rich environment for discovery, learning and sharing.
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Sharing data and information for agricultural research

This week, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences hosts an International Expert Consultation to build a framework for data and information sharing for agricultural research for development.
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