In a world characterized by globalization, and by an increasingly science-based and
knowledge-intensive environment, the access to information, and the capacity for converting
information into useful knowledge for different end-users and stakeholders, is becoming of
paramount importance. In the…
The objective of the Consortium is to give NARS a suite of tools and standards, based on modern information and communication technologies (ICT), to manage agricultural development information effectively and efficiently. This objective will be pursued through the following activities: i) develop a…
Ms. Edith Hesse, CIAT, Colombia presented to the Plenary a summary of the
recommendations made by the AGRIS Discussion Group of 24 September
(Malaysia Room, Moderator E.Hesse). Discussions had taken place regarding the two key documents: FAO/COAIM-2/Inf 6 ¿AGRIS ¿ A strategy for an international…
Project Goal: Strengthen national, regional and global agricultural information systems to satisfy the
needs of an emerging, more knowledge intensive agriculture that now needs information
on a wider range of topics and beyond that available with local communities. Purpose of
the Project:
To enable…
The general objectives of the project are to:
1) Develop and manage an interactive communication system among the stakeholders of
agricultural research for development (ARD).
2) Identify information resources relevant to ARD and enhance access to them, through a
gateway (portal) function. 3) Build…
The general objective of the INTERDEV project can be defined as follows: to design and to test
a co-operative information service on Natural (environmental) Resources Management.
By doing so, it is assumed that new technologies for communication and information provide
technical possibilities to…