International Information Systems for Agricultural Science and Technology – Review of Progress and Prospects

Expert Consultation: Wednesday 19th – Friday 21st October 2005

Goal of the Consultation: to develop coherence in international information systems for agricultural science and technology

Objectives:

• Institutional networks. To define for the wider agricultural information community the future roles of and relationships between the various stakeholder networks and initiatives in agricultural science and technology.
• Open access publishing for agriculture. To raise awareness of the present “business models” for self-publishing by agricultural institutions and possible new approaches offered by the Open Access model.
• Capacity building. To define for the wider agricultural information community the future roles of and relationships between the various capacity building initiatives in agricultural information management.
• Data exchange standards. To initiate and/or consolidate a range of focused working groups for the development and validation of standards and guidelines for information exchange.

Expected Outputs: Recommendations on future actions on the nature and scope of collaborative actions for networks, capacity building and technical standards in information management agricultural science and technology.

Venue: FAO Headquarters, Rome

Participants: 40-50 experts working in networks and information systems in agricultural science and technology

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