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  • WATCH: Partnering with FAO to Highlight Benefits and Challenges of Accessing Scientific Research, Publications and Data while Developing a new Networks of Contacts

    Learn more about how the State Agrarian University of Moldova was able to work together with FAO to co-organize a workshop, and how they were able to utilize the workshop to interact with other key stakeholders discussing the benefits and also the challenges of accessing scientific research, publications and data, while at the same time developing a new network of contacts to assist with...

  • Learn More About AIMS and the Team Behind it

    The Agricultural Information Management Standards Portal (AIMS) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) gathers information on (and access to) standards, technology and best practices. It is also a forum connecting information management workers around the world to discuss open access and open data. With the objective to increase the accessibility and visibility of...

  • AGROVOC Community of Editors: Russian Federation

    Central Scientific Agricultural Library ( CSAL ) is the leading information center in the field of agriculture in the Russian Federation. CSAL has created a thesaurus on agriculture and food in Russian and maintains the Russian version of AGROVOC. The team working on AGROVOC is comprised of five people – one coordinator plus several experts in specific fields of agriculture who use special...

  • The Land Portal Foundation Helping to Build AGROVOC Community of Experts for LandVoc Scheme with Online Course and One-Day Workshop in 2020

    The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will work together with The Land Portal Foundation to create a community of experts for AGROVOC ’s LandVoc scheme, enriching AGROVOC ’s content, relevancy and use for the land and agricultural sector with an online course, along with a one-day workshop in May, 2020. Participation of land experts to the AGROVOC online course, as...

  • Kasetsart University set to Host AGROVOC Two-Day Regional Workshop in 2020

    The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is set to partner with Kasetsart University to enhance knowledge sharing and improve visibility and access to agricultural sciences and technical content of agricultural research worldwide through AGROVOC in Asia with a two-day regional workshop in 2020. FAO and Kasetsart University will use the workshop, “Enhancing knowledge...