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Realizing the importance of collective action, a regional consultation on collective actions for opening access to agricultural information and knowledge in the asiapacific region was jointly organized by apaari, gfar, fao, saarc agriculture center and the council for renewable natural resources research of bhutan. Sharp, a tool to assess priorities for strengthening farmers. Imark information management resource kit insti institute for scientific and technological information. The information management resource kit imark4 curriculum now offers several modules in multiple languages. The role of spatial information to support integrated coastal resources management and. Information management resource kit imarkelearning module. Imark, an information management resource kit gret.
Statistics food and agriculture organization of the united nations. The information management resource kit imark offers distance learning resources, including tools and online community sites, covering issues in agricultural information management. Cooperatives and the role of information and communication. It aims to bring into the limelight successes and challenges. Sugianto saman, fao rehabilitation support coordination unit, banda aceh. The resource kit is a comprehensive source of information on the rotterdam convention intended to assist countries in the ratification process and in the implementation of the convention. Open educational resources oer are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes. Regional consultation on collective actions for opening. The information management resource kit imark the resource kit will be developed and sustained by waicent in a consultative process with various contributing partner organizations. By taking a free fao imark elearning course management of spatial information 20 hours you will learn about different techniques and technologies for obtaining. Review of existing agricultural data management practices. Imark is an elearning initiative in agricultural information management. Waicent world agricultural information centre portal. Information systems in agricultural science and technology.
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Information management resource kit imark the information management resource kit imark is a partnershipbased elearning initiative to train individuals and support institutions and networks worldwide in the effective management of agricultural information. The community features information on each new module as they arrive. The elearning courses being provided by fao include the information management resource kit imark for building capacity to better manage and exchange knowledge and information and a series of courses on food security developed by the ec fao programme on food security information. Stephen rudgard fao representative to indonesia and to. While at cta he also served as a member of the technical advisory committee on capacity building of fara forum for agricultural research in africa and member of the steering group of fao s information management resource kit. Imark consists of a suite of free elearning courses being developed using the latest pedagogical models and. Information management is important because it facilitates intellectual and logical control over information assets. Technical centre for agricultural and rural cooperation ede, netherlands. Importance of agricultural information in the global context. Fao concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or. Faos global information system on water and agriculture.
Information management specialist, waicent outreach and capacity building branch, in the imark team. Information management food and agriculture organization. Supported by the fao in collaboration with approximately thirty partner organizations, it is coordinated by a steering committee on which gret has sat since 2009. Director speech cooperatives and the role of icts lhr.
Fao global forest resources assessment fra provides essential information for understanding the extent of forest resources, their condition, management. Information management resource kit module on building electronic communities and networks unit 5. Food security information network fsin elearning courses. The digitization and digital libraries module was developed in collaboration with unesco to teach librarians and nonspecialists how to. Up and downloading of data, graphics, documents, pdf files and any other. Imark consists of a suite of distance learning resources, tools and communities on. Fao s strategic agencies are implementing a strategic programme responses the world food summit plan of action 1996 reflects a commitment of fao s members to full and equal. Mangstl is a specialist in information and knowledge management as well as. Management resource kit imark to support information and knowledge sharing. The information management resource kit imark is a partnershipbased elearning initiative developed by the food and agriculture organization fao of the united nations and partner organizations to support individuals, institutions and networks worldwide in the effective management of information and agricultural development. Stephen rudgard currently works at the fao indonesia, food and agriculture organization of the united nations.
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