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 and knowledge publicly accessible to all.

 

This means working with organizations 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.

Key publications

CIARD Policy Brief: Opening Access to Agricultural Knowledge Using information to power innovation
CIARD partners leaded a breakout session at the second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD-2) in Uruguay, on “Access, sharing and...
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...

Highlights

The Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), French research centre working with developing countries to...
Announcement Global CIARD Consultation   Background:  The renewed worldwide interest in agriculture and in issues relating to food crises in...