Open Access to Agriculture Research: The Food Imperative : Open Access Now

"How often do we contemplate the origin of our food as we sit down to dinner? Our mission is to eat and enjoy our fare. Most of us need to count on our farmers to enjoy healthy food. An agricultural organization, CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), is committed to sharing their research as a global resource committed to an open model of dissemination that benefits agriculture and people http://www.cgiar.org/our-research/. The most important part other than the 15 partner-based research and data itself, is its open access to research to share and make healthy food http://www.cgiar.org/resources/open/ available to create: less rural poverty; better food security; improved nutrition and health; and sustainably managed resources. As we contemplate our food sources, the haves and the hungry, it is imperative that open access food literature is about our future nourishment. Since 2002, the international archive of Organic Eprints http://www.orgprints.org/ has deposited full-text papers with bibliographic information, abstracts and other metadata, including projects related to organic food and farming research. People benefit from the partnering that occurs more easily by agricultural collaborators communicating their successes and failures across continents using global open access research. At your next meal, think of the farmers having an opportunity to research available, best practices’ intellectual content to bring nutritious food to your table."