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DocumentOther documentAccess to Global Online Research in Agriculture: Exercises for AGORA Basic Course (2015) 2015
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No results found.The AGORA Basic Course (new 2015) is a series of training modules for individual users, with presentations and hands-on exercises. See http://www.fao.org/agora/training/en/ to access the individual modules in PPT. Most of the modules have exercises which follow, gathered in this document. The AGORA programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in t he fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world. AGORA is one of the four programmes that make up Research4Life: AGORA, HINARI, OARE and ARDI. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAccess to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) 2016As one of four global partnership programmes under the Research4Life umbrella, AGORA provides low-income countries with free or low-cost access to major scientific journals in agriculture and related fields. The goal is to enhance the visibility of research outputs on agriculture and nutrition through access to timely agricultural information on the internet, and AGORA has and is making a huge contribution towards this. The new promotional guide takes users through the basics of the Access to Gl obal Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) programme, with tips on registering, eligibility, content, and more.
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BookletProgramme / project reportProject report on Research4Life Massive Online Open Course on Global Access to Research in health, food and agriculture, environment, innovation and law 2021
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No results found.The United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (TBLDC) is a global organization dedicated to enhancing the contribution of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shares the same interest in its member countries. FAO supports them in managing their own development process, by building initiatives to help strengthen their capacities to achieve their own goals. In this context, TBLDC and FAO have joined forces to support the delivery of online training activities for the 47least-developed countries to enhance their access to recent scientific knowledge, and thus give them the opportunity to participate fully in the global scientific community. In 2020, TBLDC and FAO ran two editions of the Research4Life Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Global Access to Research in Health, Food and Agriculture, Environment, Innovation and Law to develop capacities in information use, scholarly communication and information management in LDCs. The activities reached about 3 500 participants from 88 countries, including 43 LDCs. This report presents the results of this collaboration. Lessons learned are shared in consideration of future programme improvements and with the hope that others can build on this experience.
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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideIdentification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean 2020
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No results found.This identification guide includes 552 species of mesopelagic fishes (i.e. those fishes residing primarily between 200-1000 m depth during daytime) that are known to occur in the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Fully illustrated dichotomous keys to all taxa are provided. Species are treated in detail, with accounts including the scientific name, FAO common name in English (where available), other useful characters, size, a distribution map, and one or more illustrations. To facilitate even further the identification of the taxa, captions and arrows are added to help users quickly locate their key morphological features. The guide is intended for both specialists, and nonspecialists who have a working knowledge of ichthyology. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAquatic biodiversity in Rice-Based Ecosystems
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No results found.This report contains the assessments of availability and use of aquatic organisms in rice ecosystems conducted in late 2013 in four sites in Indonesia (three in West Java and one in Bali), three sites in Xieng Khouang Province in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and four sites in three provinces on Luzon Island in the Philippines. A standard methodology was applied in conducting the assessments. The documentation was made of the animal and plant organisms found in the study sites and being colle cted by the people, the methods and tools to capture or gather them, and their uses as food, medicine and for other purposes. Local people have generally acknowledged a general decline in the abundance and diversity of the species. Factors included the intensification of rice cultivation accompanied by the use of chemical inputs, increasing exploitation driven by population increase and in some cases a high market demand for some species, and destructive fishing. Recommendations range from expan ding the study period to observe biodiversity changes during other seasons of the year, locally tailored management measures using the study sites as pilot areas, national policy that protect the ricefield ecosystem biodiversity and enhance their flow of services, extending the assessment to the value chain of the species which have an increasing market demand, to institutional arrangements and collaboration between national, regional and international agencies and organizations. Awareness raisi ng of the value of the products and services of ricefield ecosystems and capacity building for communities and government agencies for management of the ecosystem were strongly recommended. This was taken one step further in Lao PDR where a small pilot project was undertaken with the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, to develop improved methodologies for integrating work on the valuation of aquatic resources into local policy development processes. This included the development of local cap acity and demonstrated that a facilitated process of collaboration between local communities and local government agricultural extension officers, can successfully influence local policy and establish institutional mechanisms to sustain this work at both local and national levels. -
Book (stand-alone)BulletinLand degradation 1971
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No results found.This publication has been prepared as a background paper in view of the UN conference on the human environment that was held in Stockholm in 1972. This background document had contribution from UNESCO, IAEA and WHO. While the demand for land for land increases at a very rapid rate through population growth, technological progress and industrial development, soil resources remain fixed. The maintenance of their productivity is therefore of paramount importance.