Egypt Plant Genetic Resources Knowledge Network 15 – 16 February 2015 - AGERI Training Room – ARC, Cairo, Egypt

Building National Capacities in National Plant Genetic Resources Knowledge Network – 15 February 2015

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Magdi Latif

Regional Knowledge and Information Management Officer

FAO Partnership, Advocacy and Capacity Development Division

FAORNE

Egypt Plant Genetic Resources Knowledge Network

http://www.fao.org/




• Capacity Development for institutes in the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and Other Stakeholders.

• Development and management of relevant and effective national plant genetic resources knowledge management system in support of food and agriculture.

Achievements:

• Networked all plant genetic institutions through a National gateway

Using Web-Based Platform and Mobile Technology.

Multilingual (Arabic and English) knowledge management

system for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture



Egypt PGR Knowledge Network Interfaces

1. Frontend Interface The frontend components provide the information retrieval/browsing functionalities, and are available to any site user.

2. Backend Interface The backend components provide the data management functionalities that enable system administrators to Add/update/delete data items into the PGRK Network database.



Regional Plant Genetic Resources

Knowledge Platform

Near East and North Africa

http://plantgenetic.com/



http://egypt.plantgenetic.com/

Egypt Plant Genetic Knowledge

Resources Network



Backend of Egypt Plant Genetic Resources Knowledge Network



• Share (one-many)

• Store / Retrieve

• Collaborate / Interact

• Decide

• Learn

• Notify

• Support

• Monitor


• Definitions

– Problem/Purpose/Benefits

• Guidelines

– Categories

– Functions

– Resources: NAIS Support Group

• Workplan

– Tools and methodologies

– Pilot network selection

– Training

– Implementation and analysis

– Upscaling

Functions Development Process



• AGMES – Agricultural Metadata Element Set

• AGRIS Application Profile

• AGROVOC Arabic/English

• Real Simple Syndicate - RSS

• Open Archives Initiative Compliance

• Online Web services

• Software – MySQL Open Source

• CIARD Manifesto and a common set of Principles

Information Standards and Tools

for Content Management

www.fao.org/aims

To develop and promote interoperability standards

to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content.

interoperability is connecting

people, data and diverse

systems.

ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/GI/Agris/aims/references/flyers/



Mobilizing and Providing Access to

Agricultural Information

• AGRIS – Providing agricultural research and development institutions with an avenue to publish and disseminate the outputs of their work

• AGORA - Providing access to the world’s scientific literature in agriculture in peer-reviewed learned journals.

• CIARD – Providing commitment to promote the sharing of data, information, and knowledge in a global network of truly public collections of information, based on a Manifesto and a common set of Principles.



Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD)

Availability: Information is stored in digital formats, with clearly defined copyright,

managed in one or more institutionally-owned, thematic or other repositories, built

and structured according to accepted international standards.

Accessibility: Information is openly accessible for all users, and easily located via the

Internet from outside the institution using tools and services adopted by the international

community.

Applicability: Research planning, implementation and communication are an inclusive

process bringing together all perspectives and knowledge. Research outputs and

messages are adapted for easy access, use and re-use by different stakeholders,

increasing the public benefits derived from the research.

Partners in the CIARD initiative have made a collective commitment

to promote the sharing of data, information, and knowledge in a

global network of truly public collections of information, based on a

Manifesto and a common set of Principles.



Benefits of Egypt PGR Knowledge Network

Connect people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to

interact, either as frequently or at all.

Provide a shared context for people to communicate and share

information, stories, and personal experiences in a way that builds

understanding and insight.

Stimulate learning by serving as a vehicle for authentic

communication, mentoring, coaching, and self-reflection.

Capture and diffuse existing knowledge to help people improve their

practice by providing a forum to identify solutions to common problems

and a process to collect and evaluate best practices.

Introduce collaborative processes to groups and organizations as

well as between organizations to encourage the free flow of ideas and

exchange of information.

Help people organize around purposeful actions that deliver tangible

results.

Generate new knowledge to help people transform their practice to

accommodate changes in needs and technologies.



Benefits of Egypt PGR Knowledge Network

• Address stakeholders’ needs more effectively,

• Coherence and Synergies in information management,

• Use of agreed standards, methodologies and tools.

• Sharing and Exchange of information and knowledge,

• A collaborative system and effective communication,

• Enhanced technical cooperation and collaboration,

• Reduced cost of operation, Reduced time/cost/effort of

developing national information systems/networks,



National Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange Systems/Networks - NAIS



Regional Thematic Knowledge Networks



Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange Systems/Networks



National Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange

Systems/Networks



Agricultural Information and Knowledge Exchange Systems/Networks







http://plantgenetic.com/Statistics/index.html

Statistics of Regional Plant Genetic

Resources Knowledge Network



http://egypt.plantgenetic.com/Statistics/index.

html

Statistics of Egypt Plant Genetic

Resources Knowledge Network



Success Factors for National PGR Knowledge Network

1. Commitment for contribution/collaboration at national level;

2. Focus on capacity building at national level;

3. Existence of a national information strategy;

4. Development of a Secretariat role for national activities;

5. Focus on community of practice amongst the info specialists;

6. Raising awareness of ICM issues at Manager./political levels;

7. Formation of strategic partnerships amongst the major

stakeholder organizations.



Thank You for your Attention

Education

Egypt Plant Genetic Resources Knowledge Network 15 – 16 February 2015 - AGERI Training Room – ARC, Cairo, Egypt