Thursday, December 19, 2013

Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition (YoBloCo Awards) - 2014

By The ARDYIS Project Team

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) and its partners are pleased to announce that submission for the 2nd Edition of the Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition (YoBloCo Awards) is now open!  Blogs can be submitted via the newly created website for the YoBloCo Awards (http://www.yobloco.info/) until 31 January 2014.

Individual young blogger, or youth blogging for organisations engaged in agriculture from ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries are highly encouraged to submit their blogs as soon as they can. Even if the blog is not fully ready or does not have many articles, it is recommended not to wait for the last minute to submit the entry.

All blogs (individual and institutional) can be submitted on this link: http://www.yobloco.info/enter-competition.

More information on the YoBloCo Awards here: http://www.yobloco.info/about

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Survey of agricultural information centres, libraries and documentation centres in Africa

Is this the state of agricultural information centres
 in sub-Saharan Africa?
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) -  Regional Office for Africa, in collaboration with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD Africa Chapter), is conducting an online survey of agricultural information centres, libraries and documentation centre.

The goal of the survey is to establish the state of agricultural information centres, libraries and documentation centres in sub-Saharan Africa.

Potential use of the results of the survey include the design of capacity development and technical support initiatives to enhance access, dissemination and exchange of agricultural information and knowledge in sub-Saharan Africa.

You can prepare to complete the online survey by downloading and reviewing a PDF (266K) copy of the questionnaire.

To complete the survey online, on Survey Monkey, click HERE or cut and paste the following link in your browser:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/survey-of-agric-information-centres

The survey closes on 20 December 2013