At a pre-meeting of CGIAR participants for the Share Fair starting tomorrow, it was exciting to learn about the diversity of the CGIAR presence at the Fair. The participants are representing a number of Centres and Programs including WARDA, ICRAF, WorldFish, IRRI, Bioversity, ICT-KM, CIMMYT, ICARDA,...

Rome-based international agencies are jointly organizing a 3-day Knowledge Share Fair to showcase success stories and learn from each others good practices and experience. The open-house event will provide an extensive insight into the agencies’ many efforts and related activities in the field of...

After more than one year since the Inception workshop for the ICT-KM Knowledge Sharing Project, many of the 6 KSinR Pilot Projects have carried out and completed their activities and piloting periods within the KSinR project. On Monday 17th November 2008 a Synthesis workshop for the Knowledeg Sharing...

On Thursday 13th November David Raitzer from the Centre for International Foresty Research (CIFOR) will be presenting a session on “Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development:Experience and Lessons from CGIAR” at the INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN IMPACT...

At the recent Annual Research meeting of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the KSinR Project leader- Nadia Manning-Thomas, was asked to develop, together with the Communications Director and Director for Impact, a session on “Creating a Culture of Impact”. The two hour...

At the recently held “Maxmising the impact of agricultural research in Africa: A workshop on research communication” in Addis in October, a number of ways of capturing, documenting and sharing the workshop were carried out. These are becoming available though a number of different channels–read...

As part of learning about and trying new tools and approaches to communication, as well as wanting to share with others out there about the workshop- some of the organisers and participants will be blogging on the event- “Maximising Impact of Agricultural Research In Africa: A Workshop on Research...

The IAALD Africa congress will be held in Accra, Ghana in 2009 (13 – 17 July). People from Africa or working in Africa are particularly encouraged to submit papers and posters, before the end of October please. More information can be found here: English: http://www.iaald-africa.org/chapter_conference2009_en.html Français...

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31ST OCTOBER 2008 FOR KNOWLEDGE “SHARE FAIR’. Bioversity International, the CGIAR ICT-KM program, FAO, IFAD and WFP are jointly organizing a 3-day event entitled Knowledge “Share Fair” for Agricultural Development and Food Security to be held at FAO Headquarters...

e-Agriculture at the IAALD-AFITA-WCCA World Conference (24-27 August 2008, Atsugi Japan) Plenary session, Wednesday, 27 August, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will facilitate an e-Agriculture panel to deliberate issues of ICT as enablers in various critical areas...