Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture

The AGORA program, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of more than 3000 journals to institutions in 106 countries. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world.

Stories From the Field: How Access to Scientific Literature is Improving the Livelihoods of Communities Around the World - 2011
To celebrate Research4Life’s 10th anniversary in 2011, we asked users to share with us how HINARI, AGORA or OARE has improved their work, life and community. We received 60 entries from countries in all five continents which revealed a wealth of positive impacts brought about by Research4Life. This book celebrates these stories. [Read more...]

Beyond the 2015 Horizon: Research4Life’s Strategic Plan - 2011
Beyond the 2015 Horizon, Research4Life’s latest strategic plan, was published in 2011 and has built its content and structure from the findings and recommendations of detailed external reviews conducted during the previous year. The document outlines the five strategic goals behind the strategy and also summarizes the basic information behind Research4Life. [Read more...]

Elsevier Offers 950 New Health Titles to Research4Life
October 12, 2011 - Leading health sciences publisher makes key Mosby, Saunders, Churchill Livingstone electronic titles freely available through UN developing world research access program [Read more...]

WIPO’S ARDI Research for Innovation Programme joins Research4Life
13 October 2011 -The Research4Life partnership, which enables free or low cost online access in the developing world to vital scientific research, is joined today by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), making its ARDI (Access to Research for Development and Innovation) programme the fourth programme in the partnership. Launched in 2009, ARDI was developed together with 12 major scientific and technical publishers in close cooperation with the Research4Life programmes [Read more...]

AGORA Short Course
The AGORA Short Course is a compilation of the key points from several modules used for the extensive ‘Train the Trainers’ workshop. This course highlights the baseline skills necessary to use the AGORA program effectively and efficiently. This course is accompanied by a Workbook with 16 exercises that corresponds to each of the key sections in the Short Course. This is a collaborative effort of ITOCA and the Librarians Without Borders®/Medical Library Association (USA) ‘E-library Training Initiative’ that is funded by the Elsevier Foundation. In addition to this version of the Short Course, there is a distance learning version that aims to reach individuals who cannot attend regular workshops. For further information on the distance learning version, please go to the Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA) website at: http://moodle.itoca.org. [Read more...]

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Belarus, July 2010 Hello, dear Agora! It is grateful, that we have chance to get international experience in agriculture science. Thanks a lot! [Read more...]

Moldova, September 2010 Access to scientific journals included in the Agora has a significant impact on research and innovation process and provide a means of information on the latest achievements of science and world practice that a researcher should really know them [Read more...]

ITOCA 2011 Training Calendar ITOCA has trained over 2,500 information professionals, faculty, researchers and students in information literacy courses focusing on the use of electronic information resources [Read more...]

ITOCA 2009 Training Calendar The Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA) www.itoca.org is mandated to carry out training and outreach work for Research4Life programmes. [Read more...]

ITOCA training 2008 calendar ITOCA has trained over 5,000 information professionals, scientists and students in electronic information programs in over 30 Sub-Sahara countries in the last nine years. [Read more...]