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2nd Annual Ministerial DialogueFARA Secretariat
Improving Productivity through Access to Knowledge Resources
Stephen Rudgard
• Agricultural innovation is knowledge-intensive and depends on access to information and knowledge
• New types of research, organisations, and collaboration create new demands
• Improving the way the partners work together requires greater information sharing and exchange
Knowledge Sharing in Agricultural Innovation
But often ‘ public’ information is like this:
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OUTPUTS
TRULY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL?
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)
Contribution and Participation in Science
Research reports commissioned
Articles in scholarly journals
Articles in conference proceedings
Theses
Paper or articles (in-formal, non-peer
reviewed)
Books, chapter or monographs Annual reports Radio/TV reports
Types of research output
Source: Repository Maps - repository66.orgPowered by Google
2010
Open Access Repositories
Centre A Centre B Centre C
Indexed Full Text (In-house) Internet Search
Graph by FAO. Source data from Agricultural Information Worldwide. Vol. 3. No.1 (2010)
Accessibility of research outputs in international agriculture centres
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Graph by FAO. Source data from INSTI, Ghana. March, 2010
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Agricultural Repositories in Ghana
Other scientists will publish our results if we share them
Our organization has no policy on communicating its outputs
We have no systems and tools for Internet dissemination
There are no staff with skills in using
digital technologies
We don’t have time to adapt our results into the form extensionists want
There are no funds allocated to research communication
2011 Global Survey on Barriersto Research Communication
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A new way forwardCoherence in Information for Agricultural Research
for Development
“To make public domain agricultural research information and knowledge truly accessible to all”
• All organizations that create and possess public agricultural research information disseminate and share it more widely
• CIARD partners create coherence by (a) coordinating their efforts, (b) promoting common formats, (c) adopting open systems and standards
• Create a global network of public collections of data and information
Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development
A Global Movement
Founding Partners
More than 150 other organizations participating…
The Community
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2011
2nd IISAST Consultation
CIARD Initiative launched
(15 founding partners)
Regional Consultations
70 countries
1 st IISAST Consultation
Task Forces
CIARD endorsed - GCARD & FARA
100+ partners & CIARD-RING…
20092007 20082005
CIARD in 2012Regional Consultations with Policymakers
Endorsement through GCARD 2012
2011
Global Consultations
+ Regional Workshops
2010 2012
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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 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
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Developing Institutional Readiness
1.Introduce the CIARD Manifesto in your institution
2.Have your institution recognised as a CIARD partner
3.Adopt a formal institutional information strategy
4.Develop institutional capacities to achieve the Checklist
5.Develop partner networks to share resources and skills
Increasing the Availability, Accessibility and Applicability of
Research Outputs
6. Ensure research outputs are available digitally7. Develop open information repositories of
outputs8. Use international standards9. Develop a clear licensing policy for your
outputs.10.Optimize web sites for search engines11.Share with international systems12.Use ‘social’ Web 2.0 media for sharing13.Build networks to repackage outputs
Checklist of Good Practices
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Pathways to achieve the Checklist
Developing Institutional Readiness
Collection and Preservation
Making content widely accessible on the Web
Vision
Manifesto(Values)
Checklist
Pathways
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Framework of Standards and Services
Fair
Other scientists will publish our results if we share them
CIARD support for overcomingthe Challenges in Research Communication
Our institution has no policy on communicating its outputs
We have no systems and tools for Internet dissemination
There are no staff with the skills in
digital technologies
We don’t have time to adapt our results into the what extensionists want
CIARD Pathways describe
institutional policies
CIARD Fair provides
open source tools CIARD offers
free learning resources
CIARD Pathways
describe IPR policies
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• Global registry of 280 information sources and services in agriculture
• 150 information providers register their services in various categories– 114 document repositories (50 OAI) with over 4
million accessions, and 810,00 full text documents– 170 other services registered
Routemap to Information Nodes and Gateways
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Technologies and Practices for Small Agricultural Producers
Key Features
Appropriate content and format for small producers
Searchable knowledge base
Breadth in topics, sources, geographical scope, and languages
TECA
http://teca.fao.org
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Specialist sources and services registered
Producers’ associations
Advisory services (extension agencies)
Universities
NGOs
Research and development organizations
Any group or person working for and with small producers
Private sector
TECA User Groups
- the Way Forward
• National Agencies and Organizations: - Put in place policies and incentives for their scientists to make
their outputs accessible- Create/Strengthen their research communication activities- Register their knowledge services in the CIARD-RING
• Regional and International Organizations:- Achieve even stronger consensus and support for CIARD- Develop Pathways, Open Technologies, Advocacy Toolkit, Case
Studies• Donors providing research funds
- Support their grantees in communicating their findings effectively
THINK GLOBAL – ACT LOCAL
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