Join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) AGRIS webinar and learn how to efficiently navigate and search the FAO AGRIS platform to access agricultural knowledge faster and more accurately. Participants will learn advanced search strategies to retrieve precise and relevant results, gain a deeper understanding of how FAO AGRIS supports Open Science and the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data principles, have the opportunity to connect with the global FAO AGRIS community and share feedback.

The webinar will take place on:

Tuesday 18 November at 11:00 CET (Central European Time) and 

Wednesday 19 November at 14:00 CET (Central European Time)

Please register for the session that best suits your schedule (Timezone converter).

This webinar will guide participants through the key features of FAO AGRIS, including how to:

• Access the FAO AGRIS platform and explore its multilingual interface;
• Perform simple and advanced searches to find the most relevant research;
• Use FAO’s AGROVOC to improve search precision and multilingual discoverability;
• Apply filters and Boolean operators  to refine search results;
• Retrieve full-text publications and make use of open-access resources; and 
• Watch a live demonstration of best practices for smarter searching

This webinar is ideal for:

• Researchers and faculty
• Government officials and policymakers
• Librarians and information professionals
• Students in agriculture and related fields
• Members of the FAO AGRIS Network

Interested participants can register for the webinar here: 

18 November at 11:00 CET: https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/ITEPJJlcROKltbJx-Hes0Q 

19 November at 14:00 CET: https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/U4S1cjq5SO2tYrGwPaXmlw 

To stay up to date on future FAO AGRIS events and training opportunities, join the community here: https://dgroups.org/fao/agris 

More about FAO AGRIS

FAO AGRIS is one of the most comprehensive food and agricultural scientific literature databases worldwide. Accessible through a user-friendly search interface, millions of bibliographic records in more than 120 languages are available for free to global users. FAO AGRIS is also an international network of data providers, including publishers, governments, and research organisations, that volunteer information (metadata) about food and agricultural science publications. These records are provided in multilingual formats and frequently include full-text links to connect users to scientific literature worldwide. Learn more at fao.org/agris.