<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>******** Apologies for cross-posting ********<br><br>The Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) Community [1], is pleased to announce a new webinar entitled "African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND): Disseminating African Food and Nutritional Information through Open Access Publishing" [2]. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>The session will take place on the 23rd of July 2015 – 11:00 Rome Time [3].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>It will be presented by Mary Karanu, Assistant Editor at African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) [4}.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>ABOUT THE WEBINAR<br><br>This webinar will represent the African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) and the webinar addresses publishers, librarians, information management specialists, software developers, (agricultural) journal editors, related data providers and other interested people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is an Open Access, scientific, peer reviewed, scholarly journal with a global reach, published in Kenya since 2001.AJFAND was founded in 2001 by Hon. Prof. Ruth Oniang’o who is the Editor-in-Chief, to provide an avenue for publishing scholarly works by African scholars and others who share an interest in topics related to food and nutrition security, agriculture and development; and also to give visibility to budding academics in Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>AJFAND has been published by African Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT) since the year 2009. The goal of AJFAND is to provide a platform through which food and nutrition issues and information concerning Africa, and its unique problems can be effectively disseminated and addressed. <br><br>REGISTRATION<br><br>The session is open to anyone but places are limited. If you are interested to attend the webinar, send an e-mail to AIMS@fao.org, containing the following information: your name, affiliation, role and country.<br><br>[1] </span><a href="https://faohqmail.fao.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=0--jI3AQmkaX9LiALKvK0pn4AKshRtBIEJFdkf8WGnjIzRh5qOtb1l6UXZwSTxYKWumBwYZm7DA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2faims.fao.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://aims.fao.org</span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'> <br>[2] </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/new-webinaraimsdisseminating-african-food-and-nutritional-information-through-open</span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>[3] </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20150723T11&p1=215&p2=263&p3=170&p4=71&p5=74&p6=4&p7=269&p8=253</span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>[4</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.ajfand.net/ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kind regards,<u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Karna Wegner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D'>Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +39 06 570 52263<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=300 height=61 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0BD58.EA791580" alt="FAO_logo_Blue_2lines_en_firmaemail"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>