In an earlier post I announced the ICT-KM program was undergoing a health check. Let me be frank. Having two external experts, completely new to the Program, take a very close look at what we have been doing, made me nervous. Would I be able to explain the complexity of the environment we operate in,...

A conversation with Meshak Nyabenge, GIS Unit Manager, WorldAgroforestry Center (ICRAF) Nairobi at the CSI-AGCommons meeting in Nairobi Q: What sparked your interested in GIS? A: As a kid, I was always imagining I could develop a boundary map of my village. I don’t know why–maybe ‘cause I...

     Srikant Vasan, BMGF An interview with Srikant Vasan, Senior Program Officer for Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and member of the AGCommons steering committee. Now at the AGCommons meeting in Nairobi Q: What’s the Gates Foundation’s major interest in Geographic...

As you know, we have been trying to promote social reporting and live blogging, the on-line summary of conferences we attend or organize as a way of present a synopsis of each presentation, talk-by-talk, in nearly real time, so that you can feel included in the event even if you cannot travel to it. At...

Call me old-fashioned…but if there is something I want to know…I ask the expert. I always believe there is someone out there who has an answer to my questions! So here we are at the Knowledge ShareFair, an exceptionally succesful event (forgive my biased views!) where there are lots of people...

One of the innovative ideas at the ShareFair….tell us in 90 second what value Knowledge Sharing adds to your organization, project, initiative…. Watch some of the brave participants who accepted the 90 second challenge… http://www.sharefair.net/

An extensive training programme is offered to all participants in the ShareFair. At the Fair you will have an opportunity to learn not only about Knowledge Sharing Methods but also about tools. Firefox Web Browser and its Plug-ins Social Bookmarking Podcasting Video Sharing Blogging and Micro-blogging Technical...

The registration for Share Fair is now open to all! Read an earlier post on the Share Fair. If you plan to join us submit your application on-line. A detailed program will soon be published!

In Maputo last month, as part of a workshop put together by the CGIAR ICT-KM Program, FARA and DFID-R4D to examine ‘opening access to agricultural research, we disucced.ways to enhance the ‘applicability’ of agricultural research outputs.  See also previous posting Nadia Manning-Thomas brought...

We have long been advocating that publishing on peer review journals is an essential step to guarantee quality and relevance of science….but is it sufficient? If we ‘lock’ our research findings in costly journals access becomes a matter of elite… Watch this video….where...