Open access, e-research and IITA – together in 2016! | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)

"International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) – one of the research institutes under the umbrella of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR - enhances food security and improves livelihoods in Africa through research for development ... As its basic policy, IITA pursues publication, full disclosure and open sharing of IITA data, information and knowledge through the release of IITA research findings and products into the public domain. In accordance with this policy, IITA switched to open access and open data on CGSpace (a repository of agricultural research outputs) last year. This virtual space promotes open knowledge and open science and aims to maximize research accessibility, discoverability and impact globally. At the moment, CGSpace already hosts nearly 50,000 documented agricultural research outputs and results produced by the CGIAR centers and their partners ..."