Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24487
Notes:
Retrieved July 5, 2006, Conference sponsored by the International Association for Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 21-26, 2006. Via Livelihoods Connect. 12 pages., Conference theme: "Managing agricultural information for sustainable food security and improved livelihoods in Africa."
"The participatory crop research in Oaxaca was successful in terms of its functional and empowering purposes. -- [It] "also demonstrated that while participatory research benefited scientists, only a relatively small number of farmers actually benefited directly."
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Format:
News release
Publication Date:
2006-09-27
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24756
Notes:
Retrieved September 27, 2006, 2 pages., Describes a new second phase of the Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) initiative, a public-private partnership for helping low-income countries gain access to more than 900 journals that report research about agriculture and related subjects.
