Presentation by Dr. Stephen Rudgard Chief. Knowledge and Capacity for Development Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Expert Consultation: Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information sharing. Beijing, China. June 2011 www.ciard.ne t information@ciard .net CIARD Introduction
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Presentation by Dr. Stephen RudgardChief. Knowledge and Capacity for DevelopmentOffice of Knowledge Exchange, Research and ExtensionFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Expert Consultation:Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information sharing. Beijing, China. June 2011
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Contribution and Participation in Science
Territory size shows proportion of scientific papers published in 2001 by authors living there. Copyright SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
Why is coherence in agricultural information so
important? • Innovation systems in
agriculture are critical to the fight against hunger & sustainable use of natural resources
• Rapid agricultural innovation is knowledge-intensive and depends on access to information
• Coherence in information management will increase efficiency of knowledge sharing/exchange and reduce duplication
Why enhance access to agricultural information?
• Most public domain agricultural information not yet widely accessible
• New types of research, organisations, and collaboration create new demands
• Improving the way the partners work together requires greater information and information flow systems
Global and Local Challenges in Research Communication
• Capacities– Lack of institutional policies to enable research communication– Lack of specialized skills in complex digital technologies
• Diversity of Responses– Customized Information/Knowledge Systems – In-house IKM Programmes– Institutional Networks– National Initiatives– R&D Community Forums/Platforms– Virtual and Web2.0 tools for Participation/Interaction
• Global registry of information sources and services in agriculture
• information providers register their services in various categories – e.g.– 103 document repositories with 4 million
accessions, and 750,00 full text documents– RSS feeds – news & events: 18
Routemap to Information Nodes and Gateways
http://ring.ciard.net/
1st Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), March 2010 Recommended that:
Stakeholders use the potential of multi-partner initiatives such as CIARD to facilitate availability and access to information and knowledge in innovative ways.
5th General Assembly of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), July 2010
Recommended that CIARD should:
advocate for more coherent approaches to knowledge sharing and communication of the outputs of agricultural research support development of national capacities for all types of stakeholders
Endorsement of
CIARD: Benefits to Institutions
• increased national/international visibility and use of their research output and content services
• increased exchange of information content between their system(s) and others
• increased awareness of other research outputs through information content and services
• increased access to specialised expertise and knowledge and other partners’ proven solutions
CIARD: Institutions’ Contributions
• promote and implement the CIARD vision and objectives
• register products and services on research outputs through the CIARD RING
• adopt/promote international standards related to digital research outputs