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| Entity: |
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) website of the entity |
| Activity: |
AGORA: Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture website of the activity |
| Activity description: | Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) is an initiative to provide free or low-cost access to over 400 major scientific journals in agriculture and related sciences to public institutions in developing countries. Led by FAO, the goal of AGORA is to increase the quality and effectiveness of agricultural research, education and training in low-income countries, and in turn, to improve food security. Researchers, policy-makers, educators, students, technical workers and extension specialists will have access to high-quality, relevant and timely agricultural information via the Internet. See website for a complete listing of eligible countries. |
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| Entity from: International |
| Geographical coverage of the activity: International |
| WSIS action lines related to this activity:
Theme 1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development Theme 2. Information and communication infrastructure Theme 3. Access to information and knowledge Theme 4. Capacity building Theme 5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs Theme 7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life Theme 8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content Theme 11. International and regional cooperation Theme 12. Achieving WSIS targets (PoA, Section B) Theme 13. Digital Solidarity Agenda (PoA, Section D) Theme 15. Towards WSIS Phase 2 (Tunis) (PoA, Section F) |
| Related MDGs:
MDG 8. Develop a global partnership for development |
| Activity type: Programme, Access to Information Content |
| Time scale: Ongoing |
| Partners: Blackwell Publishing, CABI Publishing, Elsevier, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Nature Publishing Group, Oxford University Press, Springer-Verlag, and John Wiley & Sons are the founding publishers of AGORA. |