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New nonprofit launched to support Research4Life

Friends of Research4Life, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States, was launched to support the critical mission of Research4Life to enable full participation in the global information environment. Organizations and individuals can now make contributions that directly benefit Research4Life programs.

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Rice paddies in Kiroka with the Uluguru Mountains in the distance
Call for Applications for free AGORA Online (English) Course is now open!
AGORA Team is pleased to offer AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) Online Course again in English. AGORA is one of the five programmes of Research4Life. The online course entitled AGORA : Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture is provided by the Partnerships and South-South Cooperation Division (DPS) at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), in collaboration with Research4Life.
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Rome, Italy - Ten Years On: 10th Anniversary of AGORA
Appel aux candidatures cours en ligne AGORA : Principes fondamentaux de l’alphabétisation informationnelle et de l’accès mondial en ligne à la recherche en agriculture – 14 au 25 Mai 2018
L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), en collaboration avec Research4Life, a le plaisir d'annoncer un cours en ligne en français sur la plateforme AGORA (Accès à la recherche mondiale en ligne sur l'agriculture), qui se tiendra pour la première fois du 14 au 25 mai 2018.
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SAGE Publishing has made its e-book collection available to Research4Life
In April 2018, SAGE Publishing opened its e-book collection to Research4Life. Thanks to this addition, AGORA’s (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) collection now includes 3,325 new e-books! About AGORA and Research4Life Founded in 2003, by FAO of the UN in partnership with Cornell University and 65 world leading
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From AGORA Workshop in Nepal (29 -30 March, 2018)
Participants of the AGORA workshop, Lalitpur, Nepal, 30 March 2018 INTRODUCTION The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a two-day national workshop on Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
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AGORA National Training Workshop Bangladesh (2-3 April 2018, Bangladesh)
Date: 2nd April 2018 to 3rd April 2018Venue: Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University , Dhaka, BangladeshType: Training WorkshopsTitle: AGORA National Training Workshop Bangladesh Contact person: Md. Anwarul Islam [email protected], PhD, Librarian,  Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh in collaboration with the Information Training & Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), South
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2018 MLA HINARI/RESEARCH4LIFE GRANT RECIPIENTS
The Medical Library Association (MLA) and the Elsevier Foundation have announced the recipients of the 2018 MLA HINARI/Research4Life Grants.Funded by the Elsevier Foundation, these grants will support Hinari/R4L training activities that promote the use of the programs’ scientific research resources in emerging/low income countries. The
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