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Stories in the latest newsletter: Reinventing Agricultural Science Finding the Right Pathway Rice Science in the Digital Age Social Media Kick-off at CIAT Knowledge Sharing: Chapter Two Comes to a Close Social Media Workshop 2: Don’t Get Left Behind Social Media Tools Blog Series: And Then There...

Banking your knowledge for others: An interview with Benjamin Samson from the International Rice Research  Institute (IRRI) on the KSinR Pilot Project – ‘Knowledge Management Harmonizing Research Output’ Communication is important. And how to do it. Leaflets? DVDs? Workshops? But, regardless of...

The April-June 2009 issue Rice Today contains a great article about rice science in the digital age. The story essentially introduces some of the pathways used by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to maximise the accessibility of its research outputs. These include adoption of a creative...

This booklet summarizes the project achievements of the Institutional Knowledge Sharing project of the ICT-KM Program in the areas of: Capacitiy builing, M&E and learning; Strategies and change management; Problem solving and good practices. The booklet also tells the story of the three pilto...

The Institutional KS Project will exhibit the below poster at the Annual General Meeting (AGM08) of the CGIAR in Maputo early next month. The poster represents the project framework and examples of interventions and activities from the last two years.  The poster text can also be seen on the Institutional...

The Institutional Knowledge Sharing project is supporting three pilot activities in three CGIAR centers in order to contribute to institutional innovation, and learn about the effectiveness of KS approaches. Two of the pilots have now made available their products.   “Recovering from natural disasters”...

The Institutional KS project is suggesting and looking for feedback on a framework for action that has two main objectives: Imbed KS action into a strategic and practical  framework. Create a baseline for monitoring and evaluation of future KM/KS interventions. This is an initial attempt which should...

Thomas Metz from IRRI is leading a KS pilot project about collecting, publishing, and sharing good practices in research data management. Thomas is building this information and capacity building resource in wiki format. He is also supporting the development a Community of Practice around the wiki. In...