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From: <I>"Peter Ballantyne (IAALD)" <peter.ballantyne@iaald.org></I><BR>To: <I>iaald-l@CALS.arizona.edu</I><BR>Subject: <I>[IAALD-L] Aginfo News from IAALD - sixth edition</I><BR>Date: <I>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:02:39 +0100</I><BR><BR>Dear IAALD member<BR> <BR>This is the sixth selection of recent Agricultural Information news items appearing at <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/">http://iaald.blogspot.com</A><BR> <BR>This selection is biased towards stories from the World Information Summit in Tunis (November). As before, any other comments, contributions, and feedback is much appreciated and can be sent to: <A href="mailto:info@iaald.org">info@iaald.org</A>.<BR> <BR>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><BR>--------------------<BR>Upcoming AgInfo Conferences:<BR>--------------------<BR> <BR>May 21-26, 2006: Managing Agricultural Information for Sustainable Food Security and Improved Livelihoods in Africa (IAALD), Nairobi, Kenya. <BR>-- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/09/conference-managing-agricultural.html">More details</A><BR> <BR>July 24-26, 2006: 4th World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA), Orlando, USA.<BR>-- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/09/conference-world-congress-on-computers.html">More details</A><BR> <BR>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> <BR>October 8-11, 2006: Delivering Information for the New Life Sciences (USAIN), Ithaca, USA.<BR>-- > <A
href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/10/conference-delivering-information-for.html">More details</A><BR> <BR>November 9-11, 2006: Asian Federation for IT in Agriculture (AFITA), Bangalore, India.<BR>-- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/08/conference-asian-federation-for-it-in.html">More details</A><BR> <BR><BR>--------------------<BR>AgInfo News:<BR>--------------------<BR><BR><B>Online access to research in the environment<BR></B>Building on the successful HINARI and AGORA initiatives, a new environmental portal <B>- </B><A href="http://www.unep.org/library/OARE_project.asp">Online Access to Research in the Environment</A> (OARE) - is being developed to provide the developing world with free or reduced cost access to the scholarly environmental record of the world's major scientific publishing houses. -- ><U> <A
href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/12/online-access-to-research-in.html">More details<BR><BR></A></U> <BR><B>E-agriculture at the Information Society summit<BR></B>From 14-19 November 2005, specialists in agricultural information and rural communication were among the many participants attending the second phase of the <A href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/">World Summit on the Information Society</A> (WSIS) in Tunis. -- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/e-agriculture-at-information-society.html">More details</A><BR><BR><BR><B>FAO's e-agriculture activities<BR></B>In the run-up to the <A href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/">World Summit on the Information Society</A> (WSIS) meetings in Tunis, Dr <A href="http://ictupdate.cta.int/index.php/article/articleview/520/">Anton Mangstl</A> - Director of FAO’s Library and Documentation Systems Division - talked to CTA's <I>ICT
Update</I> magazine about his organisation's activities in e-agriculture and in bridging the rural digital divide. -- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/faos-e-agriculture-activities.html">More details</A><BR> <BR> <BR><B>New approach for AGRIS outlined in Tunis<BR></B>30 years ago, in 1975, FAO set up <A href="http://www.fao.org/agris/">AGRIS</A> to improve access and exchange of information on agricultural science and technology. Since 2000, a new approach has been developed to help move AGRIS to become a worldwide distributed open access resource on agricultural information. -- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-approach-for-agris-profiled-in.html">More details</A><BR> <BR> <BR><B>FAO website focuses on efforts to bridge the rural digital divide<BR></B>In an effort to overcome the rural digital divide that isolates almost one billion
of the poorest people, FAO launched a new website on <A href="http://www.fao.org/rdd">Bridging the Rural Digital Divide</A>. -- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/fao-website-focuses-on-efforts-to.html">More details</A><BR> <BR> <BR><B>CGIAR investments in knowledge and ICTs boost research effectiveness <BR></B>As part of a drive to operate more effectively and more efficiently, the CGIAR is investing heavily in knowledge management as well as information and communication technologies (ICTs). Enrica Porcari of the CGIAR explains how its <A href="http://ictkm.cgiar.org/">ICT-KM Program</A> is moving towards a "CGIAR without boundaries”. -- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/cgiar-investments-in-knowledge-and.html">More details</A><BR> <BR> <BR><B>IFAD project eradicates rural poverty by connecting rural communities in Tanzania<BR></B>At the
WSIS in Tunis, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) <A href="http://www.ifad.org/events/wsis/phase2/invite/">panel discussion</A> on "Eradicating rural poverty by connecting rural communities" drew from the experiences and lessons learned in the <A href="http://www.ifad.org/events/wsis/phase2/factsheet/e.pdf">First Mile Project</A> in Tanzania. -- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/ifad-project-eradicates-rural-poverty.html">More details</A><BR><BR> <BR><B>Effective communication between agricultural research, extension and farmers<BR></B>A recent FAO report examines <A href="http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_kn1/kn1_050501a1_en.htm">linkages between research, extension, and farmers</A> and sets out some enabling success factors for a more effective communication between research, extension and farmers. -- > <A
href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/effective-communication-between.html">More details</A><BR><BR> <BR><B>India and US formalise knowledge initiative on agriculture<BR></B>India and the United States recently formalised an India-US <A href="http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=160568">Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture</A> to re-energize the agricultural relationship between the two countries through collaborative efforts by promoting teaching, research, service and commercial linkages to address contemporary challenges. -- > <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/india-and-us-formalise-knowledge.html">More details</A><BR> <BR> <BR><B>ODI toolkit for successful communication<BR></B>The Overseas Development Institute recently published a <A href="http://www.odi.org.uk/RAPID/Publications/Tools_Comms_handbook.html">communication toolkit</A> to help
researchers and practitioners communicate more effectively with policymakers. Tools covered include: Stakeholder Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Writing a Communications Strategy, Writing Policy Papers, Building a Community of Practice, Lobbying, Websites, Blogging, Media Engagement, Radio, and Outcome Mapping. -- ><U> <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/odi-toolkit-for-successful.html">More details</A><BR></U> <BR> <BR><B>Wetlands satellite mapping scheme yielding first results<BR></B>The European Space Agency's GlobWetland project, an initiative to develop a global <A href="http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMT952DU8E_environment_0.html">wetland information service</A> to help conservation efforts, is sponsoring research at 50 sites across the world. -- ><U> <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/wetlands-satellite-mapping-scheme.html">More
details</A><BR></U> <BR> <BR><B>Philippine government uses ICTs and knowledge management to boost agriculture<BR></B>Four government agencies in the Philippines recently agreed to merge their knowledge resources through information and communication technology for the farming sector. -- ><U> <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/philippine-government-uses-icts-and.html">More details</A><BR></U> <BR> <BR><B>Web portal serves Filipino farmers and extensionists<BR></B>The Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture has set up a <A href="http://www.openacademy.ph/">Pinoy Farmers Internet web portal</A> to provide web-based services to extension workers and farmers. -- ><U> <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/11/web-portal-serves-filipino-farmers-and.html">More details</A><BR></U> <BR> <BR><B>NAL refreshes its web site<BR></B>The National Agricultural
Library has launched a new-look user-friendly <A href="http://www.nal.usda.gov/news/web120105.shtml">web site</A>. The site includes information on the 2005 edition of the NAL <A href="http://agclass.nal.usda.gov/agt/agt.htm">Agricultural Thesaurus</A>. -- ><U> <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/2005/12/nal-refreshes-its-web-site.html">More details</A><BR><BR><BR></U>---------<BR>See the IAALD blog at <A href="http://iaald.blogspot.com/">http://iaald.blogspot.com/</A><BR><BR><BR>--------<BR><BR>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> skype - peterballantyne<BR> web - <A href="http://www.iaald.org/">http://www.iaald.org<BR></A>
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