ACRONYMS 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4
1. INTRODUCTION 6
1.1 Background 6
1.2 Process 6
1.3 Introductory plenary presentations 6
2. GOAL AND OUTCOMES 8
3. GENERAL FINDINGS 8
4. ACTION AREAS 10
4.1 Advocacy 10
4.2 Capacity building 11
4.3 Content management 12
5. PARTNERSHIP 15
5.1 Analysis of existing partnerships 15
5.2 Motivation 16
5.3 Mechanisms for collaboration at international level 17
Annex 1 18
Background Documents and other Materials Distributed 18
Annex 2 19
List of Participants 19
Institute For Scientific And Technological Information (Insti) 20
Annex 3 23
Agenda and Schedule 23
AARINENA
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Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa
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AGORA
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Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
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AGRIS
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International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology
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AGMES
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Agricultural Metadata Element Set
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AGNIC
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Agriculture Network Information Centre
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AGROVOC
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Multilingual Agricultural Thesaurus
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AIMS
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Agricultural Information Management Standards
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AJOL
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African Journals Online
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AOS
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Agricultural Ontology Service
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ARD
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Agricultural Research for Development
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ASARECA
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Association for Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
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CABI
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CAB International
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CARDI
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Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute
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CGIAR
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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
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CIRAD
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Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement
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CLAES
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Central Laboratory for Agricultural Expert Systems
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CTA
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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DFID
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Department for International Development, UK
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FARA
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Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
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FORAGRO
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Foro de las Américas para la Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario
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GFAR
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Global Forum on Agricultural Research
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GlobAL.RAIS
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GLOBal Alliance of the Regional Agricultural Information Systems
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GPP
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Global Partnership Programme
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IAALD
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International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
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IAC
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International Agricultural Centre
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ICM
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Information and Communication Management
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ICT
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Information and Communication Technology
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IFPRI
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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IICA
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Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
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IM
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Information Managements
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IMARK
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Information Management Resource Kit
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INASP
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International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
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IT
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Information Technology
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ITO
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ITrain Online
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ITOCA
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Information Training and Outreach Center for Africa
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NAL
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National Agricultural Library
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NARIMS
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National Agricultural Research Information Management System Project
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NARS
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National Agricultural Research System
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OAI
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Open Access Initiative
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PERI
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Programme for Enhancement of Research Information
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RAIN
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Regional Agricultural Information Network
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RDF
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Resource Description Framework
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RSS
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RDF Site Summary
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WAICENT
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World Agricultural Information Centre
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ZADI
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Zentralstelle für Agrardokumentation und -information (Agricultural Information and Documentation Centre)
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