THE SCIENCETHE SEARCHTHE SOLUTION

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Access to Global Online Research in
AgricultureElizabeth DodsworthCAB
Internationale.dodsworth_at_cabi.org
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Challenges

• Strengthening developing country national
  agricultural research systems
• Knowledge sharing between developed and
  developing countries
• Equitable access to research information
• Wasteful research repetition and duplication
  avoided
• Research effectively driven by local stakeholders

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Approaches

• Development partnership between FAO, Cornell
  University, Rockefeller Foundation, DFID, CAB
  International and publishers
• Institution registration
• Free access to least developed countries
• Fee for access to middle income countries

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Results
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What next?

• Monitoring and evaluation
• Access to regional research information?
• Grey material?
• Access to print only information?
• www.aginternetwork.org