Antonella’s post on the experience of the CGIAR at COP 15 documented how social media helps your communication efforts. Key message: if you want your work to reach wider audiences, to get enriched by their contributions and to be as visible as possible- You can’t go wrong with social media; something the ICT-KM Program has been actively promoting for...

While Asia and Latin America have benefitted from the Green Revolution, agricultural yields in Africa have increased little over the last half century.  This gap is due, in part, to the current state of African research systems. Improved systems will lead to increased yields, a solution that African governments and donors already recognize. Towards this end,...

As I said when I posted the Top#1 Strategic Technology post on Storage Infrastructure a few weeks ago, a properly functioning Storage infrastructure goes hand in hand with an efficient ‘Virtual‘ environment, so it actually makes sense that the Virtualization 2.0 topic ranked #2 in the Strategic Technologies for the CGIAR in 2010. In this post I will provide...

[Post disponible en Español] The call for proposals for the Knowledge Share Fair, to be held in Cali, Colombia, 25-27 May 2010, is now open. Applications should be submitted in Spanish or English. In case of submissions in Spanish, we encourage you to provide an abstract in English. Download the call for proposals: English version (.doc 160Kb)) Spanish version...

On Monday 25th April 2010, just before the official opening of the  IAALD XIIIth  World Conference in Montpellier, France the CIARD partners are organizing an  Agriculture Information Access Marketplace: an informal, interactive event which will see the participation of a wide range of organizations, both large and small. A fast moving forum that will allow...