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  • New webinar on “AGROVOC: making research more visible across languages”

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is set to host a webinar intended to highlight FAO’s valuable multilingual controlled vocabulary, AGROVOC , and how it can impact multilingual research through AGORA . The webinar titled “AGROVOC: making research more visible across languages” will be held on 5 December at 14:00 CET. Research4Life recently integrated AGROVOC as a...

  • Introducing the new AGROVOC Online Course: Enhancing knowledge in controlled vocabularies

    The new AGROVOC Online Course is now available on the FAO KnowledgeLab platform. This course is tailored to cater to the needs of both individuals and institutions and is offered entirely free of charge in English. The course is structured as a self-paced e-learning program, allowing participants the flexibility to progress through the content at their own convenience and pace. It's worth noting...

  • New concepts added to AGROVOC. November 2023

    Thirty-nine new concepts have been added to the AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus which now contains 41 128 concepts. To consult the list of new or updated labels per language you can visit the FAO CKAN Repository . The AGROVOC Editorial Community thanks those who contributed to this release. New AGROVOC concepts disabilities soil information horizon scanning governance systems Halyomorpha...

  • November 2023: New release of the AGROVOC Thesaurus

    The November 2023 version of the AGROVOC thesaurus has been released. It now contains 41 128 concepts and 994 484 terms, in up to 42 languages. AGROVOC thanks all the editors who have contributed to the addition of concepts, terms and other content. Learn more about the AGROVOC editors here .

  • Science and Innovation Forum 2023 - Register now!

    19 October 2023 11:00 – 12:30 CEST The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is pleased to invite you to the hybrid event titled ” Enabling Research, Science, and Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ”. The event is organized in the framework of the Science and Innovation Forum 2023 for climate action . During the...