Try to ask a research scientist in a public research institute in Africa to provide open access (OA) to his research outputs and you are mostly going to get a very big NO for an answer. Why? Open access is not well understood by most researchers and information professionals in public institutions. For this reason, I welcome the initiative to organize consultations for the Directors of Research and the Information Managers from agricultural research institutes in Africa to discuss opening access to agricultural research outputs.
The three-day consultation (19-21 June, Accra, Ghana) is organized by the
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in collaboration with the
Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA).
Visit this blog for my analysis of the discussions and outputs of the consultations. Meanwhile, here are some photos from the consultations.
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Krishan Bheenick (CTA) faciltating a session on
participants' expectations |
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Franz Martin (FAO) presenting on opening access
to agricultural research outputs |
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| Participants working in groups |
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| Participants listerning to a presentation |
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| Ajit Maru (GFAR) clarifying a point |
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