Abstract: The paper introduces an integrated service platform of information and communication technology (ICT) application in rural areas of Shandong province. The 12396-hotline service and the...
Introduction Since 2006, a new approach to local (economic) development has been pilot tested in India, by setting-up farmer-lead companies. New in this approach is that farmer organizations become...
On of the hottest topics during the last years have been open data. Open data is a powerful tool for long-term sustainable development by improving the economic opportunities for farmers and the...
AgriFuture Days 2014 International Conference was held in the beautiful town of Villach, Austria on 16-18, June 2014. It was organized by the Club of Ossiach. More than 125 agricultural experts...
From August 13th to September 5th CIARD will host the e-forum on “Forward Thinking for ICT use in Asian Agri-Food Chains [1]” organized by AFITA [2], FAO and GFAR. This facilitated e-discussion...
A Spanish-language webinar [1] on the development of Open Access policies was delivered on July 15th by Paola Bongiovani, an Open Access expert from Universidad Nacional del Rosario in Argentina....
In 2014, an INASP/UNESCO collaboration is encouraging to use Open Access Week to showcase the activities that universities and research institutions within developing and emerging countries are...
The Wheat Data Interoperability Working Group (WDI [1]) was created within the framework of the Research Data Alliance (RDA [2]). The RDA is a global initiative that aims to foster the open sharing...
For those interested in Open Knowledge and Open Science, I would like to introduce the online free course that the Standford University will deliver from September to December 2014. The ...
Nos complace informarles que el próximo /Webinar /organizado en el marco de la Iniciativa CIARD [1] para aperturar el conocimiento agrícola para el desarrollo, será *Desarrollo de Políticas...
Open Access may refer to scientific and research data, open educational resources, governmental data, using Creative Commons licenses for the licensing of outcomes like publications, presentations...
The city government of Dongguan (Guangdong province, South China) has set up a big program for the inspection of slaughterhouses to assure the the healths of pigs that are delivered from all over...
Johannes Keizer from the AIMS team in Rome was invited to speak with a working group of the Guangdong (SouthChina) provincial government about the possibilities and issues to make governmental...
This month I moderated a very informative webinar on /Encouraging Openness and how stakeholder policies can support or block it [1]/, organized by CIARD (Open Agricultural Knowledge for Development...
Since the beginnings of CIARD in 2008 the Pathways [1] have been seen as an important element in CIARD’s objectives to build capacity for openness in research and innovation communities across the...