Forum: "Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing" April, 2011

This e-consultation focused on the topic of sharing and interoperability of data and information for agricultural research for development - 4 to 15 April 2011.

The discussions' summary served as a background document for an international Expert Consultation held in Beijing during the month of June, 2011. The e-consultation centered around the following questions: What are we sharing and what needs to be shared? What are the prospects for interoperability in the future? What are the emerging tools, standards and infrastructures? What actions should now be facilitated by the CIARD Task Forces?