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African OER sites and repositories
MIT Open Courseware in Economics
The MIT OCW page in economics provides links to courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in both micro and macroeconomics.
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
FARA is the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, an umbrella organization bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa. FARA complements the innovative activities of national, international and sub-regional research institutions to deliver more responsive and effective services to its stakeholders.
Global Agricultural Research Archive
The Global Agricultural Research Archive, is a new initiative that aims to archive agricultural knowledge on behalf of developing countries around the world.This pilot database currently contains over 2,700 full text records from their institutional partners in Malawi, Pakistan and the Philippines and from the 2008 IAALD conference on agricultural information and IT.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
The CGIAR centers have published a number of resources, all of them OER. For example, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) has developed course modules on hybridization techniques in the faba bean and the chickpea, on experimental design and data analysis, and on biological nitrogen fixation, to name a few. The World Agroforestry Center has also developed modules. You must register to participate in some courses, but it is free of charge.
The Economics Network
The Economics Network, which is a major resource of materials relevant to economics education, maintains pages relevant to the teaching of agricultural
AgEcon Search
AgEcon Search is a free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including,working papers, conference papers and journal articles.There are 68 subject headings, which run the full gamut of agricultural economics and agribusiness
Arid Lands Information Service (ARIN)
ALIN is a network of community development workers. Over 2,000 grassroots organizations, government departments and other organizations are ALIN members. ALIN works directly with local communities in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania in order to learn from their experiences and to share with them useful drylands farming methods and technologies developed elsewhere.
The Rice Knowledge (RKB)
The Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB) is the world?s leading repository of extension and training materials related to cereal and cereal production. The RKB was launched in January 2008 and is managed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) as a service to people working to improve the well-being of poor cereal farmers and consumers.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information.
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
The AGORA program, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of 1900 journals to institutions in 107 countries. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world.