1. Medha Devare Knowledge Management Specialist CIMMYT South Asia Regional Office Kathmandu, Nepal m.devare@cgiar.org

2. Literature sources AGORA: Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture TEEAL: The Essential Electronic Agriculture Library Google Scholar … Also check out the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Library (USDA NAL)

3. Literature sources – AGORA (FAO) http://www.aginternetwork.org

4. Literature sources – AGORA Created and maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN Free access upon registration for Band I countries (GDP < $1250) Registration is NOT by individual; by INSTITUTION $1000 per year for Band II countries ($1250 $3500) To see which institutions in your country are registered: Help (in left navigation)>> FAQs >> Registering

5. AGORA without login Click on “journals”

6. Click on subject category = “agriculture”

7. Click on journal = “Agricultural Systems”

8. Search for: (conservation agriculture) AND residue AND Africa

9. AGORA with login: Access to full-text (“pdf”) e.g. search ALL journals via advanced search Click for full-text

10. Literature sources - AGORA NOTE!!!!! Few publishers provide full-text access unless logged in E.g., Elsevier provides only abstract; Springer provides full-text Changes to the website may occur Technical difficulties occasionally arise If your password doesn’t work the first time, don’t attempt to log in more than 3 times in a row Any ongoing trouble with AGORA, e-mail agora@fao.org (describe problem and include print screen) http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/training/presentations.jsp

11. Literature sources - TEEAL http://www.teeal.org TEEAL is excellent for Band 1 or 2 poor- bandwidth areas in countries

12. TEEAL demo wheat AND conservation agriculture

14. Literature sources – Google scholar http://scholar.google.com

15. 16,900 hits, BUT most not relevant, and few available Using “AND” between terms drops hits to 657

16. Data sources FAOstat: Production, trade, price data for agriculture, forestry, fishery etc. products NOAA climate services: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration IWMI World Water and Climate Atlas IRRI-CIMMYT Cereal Knowledge Bank (CKB) Country agricultural statistics web sites

17. Data sources – FAOstat http://faostat.fao.org

18. View commodities by country or countries by commodity Select country, year, sort by value or quantity

19. e.g., the top 20 agricultural commodities for India in 2008

20. Click on “Production”, then “Crops” for crop production info

21. Select country, year, item, and element Click “show data”

22. Scroll to bottom of page for information

23. Choose multiple items by depressing ctrl key Download data to desired format (e.g. Excel sheet) by choosing format and clicking “download”

24. Click on “Trade” for top imports, exports by country or countries by commodity

25. “Trade” >> “TradeSTAT” >> “Detailed Trade Flows” to see trade flows of a commodity to or from a country

26. Choose country, commodity, element, and year to see trade flows

27. Try Food Security, Prices, Resources, Fisheries…! http://faostat.fao.org

28. Data sources – NOAA climate services From http://www.noaa.gov OR http://www.climate.gov

29. At www.climate.gov, click on “Data and Services” >> “Past and Present Climate”

30. Click on “Global” >> “Climate Phenomena” >> “Monsoons” >> “Climate Prediction Center Global Monsoons”

31. Click on “Asian-Australian Monsoons”

32. Click on “Asian-Australian Monsoons” >> “Precipitation”

33. Compare with “African Monsoons” >> “Precipitation”

34. Data sources – IWMI World Water and Climate Atlas http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/WAtlas Click to access online climate service model

35. One-time free registration required for access

36. Add site name (Embu) and lat-long info; choose climate variables desired; click submit

37. Data = monthly averages for period 1961 - 1990

38. Data sources – Cereal Knowledge Bank (CKB) http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org

39. Click on “Wheat” to browse wheat section of CKB Click on flag to see content for any country Explore wheat content (left) or click on WheatDoctor for pest/disease info

40. Click on “List” for pest/disease info sheets or “Identification key” to identify pest or disease WheatDoctor >> “Pests & diseases”

41. Take a look at links under “Extension”

42. Country agricultural statistics – Nepal http://www.cbs.gov.np

43. Country agricultural statistics – Bangladesh http://www.moa.gov.bd/statistics/statistics.htm

44. Country agricultural statistics – India http://www.cbs.gov.np http://agricoop.nic.in/Agristatistics.htm

45. Country agricultural statistics – Pakistan http://www.cbs.gov.np http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/fbs/statistics/agriculture_statistics/agriculture_statistics.html

46. Crediting sources, citation, OR… how not to plagiarize! What is plagiarism?? - Stealing someone else’s work and not citing (intentional or not) - An act of fraud Plagiarism involves: - turning in someone else’s work as your own - copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit - failing to put a quotation in quotation marks - giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation - changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit - copying so many words or ideas from a source that it forms the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not http://www.cbs.gov.np Material from Turnitin.com and Research Resources; modified by M. Devare

47. Crediting sources, citation, plagiarism… Changing the words of an original source is not sufficient to prevent plagiarism!! If you retain the essential idea of an original source, and have not cited it, then no matter how drastically you may have altered its context or presentation, you have still plagiarized http://www.cbs.gov.np Material from Turnitin.com and Research Resources; modified by M. Devare

48. Crediting sources, citation, plagiarism… Forms of plagiarism: Sources not cited “The Ghost Writer”: Use of another’s work, word-for-word, as your own “The Photocopy”: Copying significant portions of text straight from a single source, without alteration “The Potluck Paper”: Copying from several sources, tweaking sentences to fit them together but retaining most of the original phrasing “The Poor Disguise”: Retaining the essential content of the source, but altering paper slightly by changing key words/phrases “The Labor of Laziness”: Paraphrasing from other sources and making it fit together, instead of spending effort on original work “The Self-Stealer”: “Borrowing” generously from your previous work, violating the expectation of originality by most academic institutions http://www.cbs.gov.np Material from Turnitin.com and Research Resources; modified by M. Devare

49. Crediting sources, citation, plagiarism… Forms of plagiarism: Sources cited “The Forgotten Footnote”: Mentioning an author’s name, but neglecting to include specific information on the location of the material referenced “The Misinformer”: Providing inaccurate information regarding sources, making them impossible to find “The Too-Perfect Paraphrase”: Properly citing a source, but neglecting to put in quotation marks text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it “The Resourceful Citer”: Properly citing all sources, paraphrasing and using quotations appropriately, but including almost no original work “The Perfect Crime”: Properly quoting and citing sources in some places, but paraphrasing other arguments from those sources without citation http://www.cbs.gov.np Material from Turnitin.com and Research Resources; modified by M. Devare

50. Citation What is a citation? A citation is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source It also gives readers the information necessary to find that source again, including: information about the author the title of the work the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source the date your copy was published the page numbers of the material you are borrowing http://www.cbs.gov.np Material from Turnitin.com and Research Resources; modified by M. Devare

51. Thank you! m.devare@cgiar.org http://www.cbs.gov.np