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<font size=3>Dear IAALD member<br>
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This is the fourth selection of recent Agricultural Information news
items appearing at
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/">http://iaald.blogspot.com</a><br>
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Following comments provided by IAALD Executive Committee members, this
message provides less information about each news item and links instead
to the full entry on the web. This should provide a shorter and easier to
evaluate message. If this turns out to be a problem for people with
slower web connections please let us know.<br>
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As before, any other comments, contributions, and feedback is much
appreciated and can be sent to: info@iaald.org.<br>
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Best regards<br><br>
Peter<br><br>
Peter Ballantyne, President of the International Association of
Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD), email -
peter.ballantyne@iaald.org<br><br>
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Upcoming AgInfo Conferences:<br>
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December 5-7, 2005: Frontiers in Forest Information, Oxford, UK <br>
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<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/07/conference-frontiers-in-forest.html">
More details</a><br>
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May 21-26, 2006: Managing Agricultural Information for Sustainable Food
Security and Improved Livelihoods in Africa (IAALD), Nairobi, Kenya.<br>
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<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/09/conference-managing-agricultural.html">
More details</a><br>
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July 24-26, 2006: 4th World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA),
Orlando, USA.<br>
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<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/09/conference-world-congress-on-computers.html">
More details</a><br>
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September 12-14, 2006: Toward a New Culture of Information (AIBDA),
Oaxaca, Mexico.<br>
-- > <a href="http://www.iica.ac.cr/AIBDA/">More details</a><br>
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October 8-11, 2006: Delivering Information for the New Life Sciences
(USAIN), Ithaca, USA.<br>
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<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/conference-delivering-information-for.html">
More details</a><br>
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November 9-11, 2006: Asian Federation for IT in Agriculture (AFITA),
Bangalore, India.<br>
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<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/08/conference-asian-federation-for-it-in.html">
More details</a><br>
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AgInfo News:<br>
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CTA Observatory discusses ICTs and natural resource management.<br>
In late October 2005, ICT experts meet at CTA to examine use of ICTs in
<a href="http://www.cta.int/observatory2005/">natural resource
management</a> - particularly promising activities concerning land tenure
and access issues. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/cta-observatory-discusses-icts-and.html">
More details</a><br>
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FAO convenes expert consultation on international information systems for
agriculture. <br>
From 19 to 21 October 2005, FAO joined with the CGIAR, CTA, GFAR and
INASP in organising an
<a href="http://www.fao.org/gil/consultations/consult_infosys_en.asp">
Expert Consultation</a> on 'International Information Systems for
Agricultural Science and Technology: Review of Progress and Prospects.'
The goal of the meeting was to "develop coherence in international
information systems for agricultural science and technology." --
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<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/fao-convenes-expert-consultation-on.html">
More details</a><br><br>
Banana information network established in Africa.<br>
Researchers and information specialists working with banana and plantain
in Africa recently decided to set up a network to improve the
dissemination, utilization and access to information on these plants in
Africa. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/banana-information-network-established.html">
More details</a><br>
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eXtension project to deliver extension and outreach information over the
Internet <br>
Agricultural extensionists in the USA have started work on a national
web-based information and education network to serve extension clientele.
The <a href="http://intranet.extension.org/">eXtension initiative</a>
will allow the US extension system to more efficiently serve its
customers by providing accurate and just in time information for decision
making. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/extension-project-to-deliver-extension.html">
More details</a><br><br>
CGIAR infomanagers meet at ICARDA. <br>
In the first week of October 2005, information and library managers from
13 of 15 international agricultural research centres forming the CGIAR
met for their annual consortium meeting. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/cgiar-infomanagers-meet-at-icarda.html">
More details</a><br>
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Agricultural libraries of ICARDA, Egypt and Sudan collaborating to
strengthen information management capacities.<br>
At the recent CGIAR information managers meeting in Syria, several of the
library managers reported that they have concrete collaboration
programmes with national agricultural information systems, particularly
in the countries or regions in which they are based. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/agricultural-libraries-of-icarda-egypt.html">
More details</a><br>
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CIFOR building capacity of forest information services in Asia <br>
At the recent CGIAR
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/cgiar-infomanagers-meet-at-icarda.html">
information managers meeting</a> in Syria, several institutes reported on
their collaboration with national and regional partners. CIFOR recently
volunteered to assist the spread of the Global Forest Information Service
(GFIS) in Asia. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/cifor-building-capacity-of-forest.html">
More details</a><br>
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IFPRI adopts info-outreach strategy for its publications. <br>
At the recent CGIAR information managers meeting, Luz Marina Alvare of
the International Food Policy Research Institute shared insights into the
information dissemination approaches being followed by
<a href="http://www.ifpri.org">IFPRI</a>. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/ifpri-adopts-info-outreach-strategy.html">
More details</a><br>
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CGIAR institutes using RSS feeds to communicate and disseminate
information. <br>
RSS feeds and content syndication was one of the conversation points at
the recent CGIAR information managers meeting in Syria. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/cgiar-institutes-using-rss-feeds-to.html">
More details</a><br><br>
US National Library of Medicine multiple language search tool.<br>
The US National Library of Medicine (NLM) is developing a MEDLINE/PubMed
search tool in multiple languages. Although it's still under development,
NLM is asking for interested persons to test its capabilities. -- >
<a href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/us-national-library-of-medicine.html">
More details</a><br><br>
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Peter Ballantyne<br>
President of the International Association of Agricultural Information
Specialists (IAALD)<br>
addr - P.O. Box 63, Lexington, KY 40588-0063,
USA<br>
email - peter.ballantyne@iaald.org<br>
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