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ICT-KM Knowledge Sharing work featured i...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in ICT-KM Program, KS Toolkit, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Sharing in Research on 29 June 2009 | No Comments

Our work in Knowledge Sharing is featured in this month’s Making a difference edition. Thanks to IFAD colleagues for making our work known!

Time for a health check-up: ICT-KM Progr...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in ICT-KM Program on 21 June 2009 | No Comments

After 6 years of operations is indeed time for a health check-up! How are we doing? Are we still relevant? Are we as efficient and effective as we strive to be? What are the opportunities to learn and adjust? What are the possible future directions of the program in the context of the global challenges,...

More ‘impactful’ agricultural scienc...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in ICT-KM Program on 21 June 2009 | No Comments

this is one of the conclusions of the workshop on ICTs held in Wageningen during the Science Forum. Some 50 people participated in the event, organized quite differently from the other workshops at the Forum. Short presentations followed by ” Buzz groups” gave an opportunity to hear “sound...

Reinventing agricultural science: notes ...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in ICT-KM Program on 21 June 2009 | No Comments

Last week Wageningen UR saw a number of scientists and managers from the CGIAR and beyond gather to discuss how to revitalise the way we do science. Dominic Glover provides a great perspective on the Science Forum 2009 of the CGIAR at the Broker’ blog: http://tinyurl.com/ldbchx He provides insights...

Social Media: A Pathway to Make Research...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in ICT-KM Program, Knowledge Sharing on 19 May 2009 | 1 Comment

This is the presentation by Simone Staiger-Rivas to CIAT 2009 Knowledge Sharing Week, delivered during a session yesterday on The importance of communication

Location intelligence in the news…...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in AgCommons, ICT-KM Program, Knowledge Sharing on 23 April 2009 | No Comments

The BBC Nairobi reporter David Ogot reports with interviews to our AGCommons steering committee member, Peter Ndunda, to Bioversity and CIAT’s Andy Jarvis and ICRISAT’s Pierre Sibiry. A Message of Hope to Farmers, by Joyce Mulama, IPS Correspondent in Kenya Helping farmers at the touch of a button,...

African Geospatial Week: Nairobi 31 Marc...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in AgCommons, ICT-KM Program, Knowledge Sharing on 26 March 2009 | No Comments

Three-quarters of Africa’s food is produced in the often remote rural areas by small-holder farmers who largely rely on their instincts in deciding what and when to plant, weed and harvest their crops. These farmers have seen their entire season’s crop wiped out by unexpected droughts, floods, frosts,...

CGXchange 2.0: "The Times They are ...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in CGXchange, ICT-KM Program, KS Toolkit on 23 March 2009 | No Comments

Technology continues to change; the way we collaborate with others has changed; and the way the CGIAR conducts its business is currently undergoing radical change. With the present air of change that is permeating the entire System, it was inevitable that CGXchange would, sooner or later, have to answer...

you can follow us on Twitter now!...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in ICT-KM Program on 17 March 2009 | No Comments

check out what we are doing on http://twitter.com/ictkm

How to Create a Buzz with Blogs, Twits a...

Posted by CGIAR ICT-KM in CGXchange, ICT-KM Program, KS Toolkit on 17 February 2009 | 1 Comment

Blogs, twits and pics are just a few of the online collaborative tools and services that can be used to increase the visibility of an event. The more buzz, the better. Blogs can help promote an event before it takes off and also be used to report on an event’s activities, as and when they unfold. And...