What is CIARD?

CIARD brings together organisations and people who want to make the outputs of agricultural research more accessible.  [more>>]


The Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) movement is working:

to make agricultural research information publicly available and accessible to all.

This means working with organisations that hold information or that create new knowledge – to help them disseminate it more efficiently and make it easier to access.

What you can do
We encourage any institution interested in participating or finding out more to contact us: information@ciard.net

The organizations that participate in CIARD endorse the Manifesto, evaluate their information management practices against the Checklist of good practices, share and follow the Pathways towards better accessibility of information, contribute case studies and register their information services in the RING.

Highlights

Highlights from the Expert consultation in Beijing on Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing
The international expert consultation organized in June 20-23 2011 in Beijing by the Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD...
Infoshare Marketplace at the International Expert Consultation on Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing
An Infoshare Marketplace where participants could share their and their organizations experiences in sharing data and information was organized on 20 June 2011...

Key publications

Researcher Attitudes and Behaviour Towards the ‘Openness’ of Research Outputs in Agriculture and Related Fields
An online worldwide survey was carried out to gain greater understanding of researcher behaviours and attitudes in relation to communicating research outputs...
Final report of the Beijing International Expert Consultation
The final report of the International Expert Consultation on the theme “Building the CIARD Framework for Data and Information Sharing”, which was...