Making information accessible

A description is given of a new approach to provide information to cassava workers and the creation of a Cassava Information Center, one of a worldwide network of centers providing highly specialized, current information to agricultural researchers. Factors are described that have contributed to the...

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Autor principal: Monge, F
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1979
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69944
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description A description is given of a new approach to provide information to cassava workers and the creation of a Cassava Information Center, one of a worldwide network of centers providing highly specialized, current information to agricultural researchers. Factors are described that have contributed to the success of this type of centre and their orientation towards the solution of food- production deficits in the world by using a commodity-oriented strategy. The following are analyzed: the relation between information and research; characteristics of the Latin American scientist regarding information production and consumption; publication infrastructure, that in Latin America is another illustration of the vicious circle of under-development; the services offered by the Scientific Information Exchange Unit at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); and the concept of consolidated information that includes not only the recollection and dissemination of the results of research but also the mechanisms that synthesize these results and integrate them as scientific and technical knowledge to contribute to the advance ofscience and to the solution of problems. (CIAT)
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spelling CGSpace699442025-11-12T05:55:07Z Making information accessible Monge, F manihot esculenta starch crops cultivos amilaceos A description is given of a new approach to provide information to cassava workers and the creation of a Cassava Information Center, one of a worldwide network of centers providing highly specialized, current information to agricultural researchers. Factors are described that have contributed to the success of this type of centre and their orientation towards the solution of food- production deficits in the world by using a commodity-oriented strategy. The following are analyzed: the relation between information and research; characteristics of the Latin American scientist regarding information production and consumption; publication infrastructure, that in Latin America is another illustration of the vicious circle of under-development; the services offered by the Scientific Information Exchange Unit at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); and the concept of consolidated information that includes not only the recollection and dissemination of the results of research but also the mechanisms that synthesize these results and integrate them as scientific and technical knowledge to contribute to the advance ofscience and to the solution of problems. (CIAT) 1979 2016-01-18T13:35:07Z 2016-01-18T13:35:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69944 es Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture MONGE, F. 1979. Making information accessible. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 14 p. (10EC1-1)
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Making information accessible
title Making information accessible
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title_short Making information accessible
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topic manihot esculenta
starch crops
cultivos amilaceos
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69944
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