Kluwer participates in AGORA/FAO programme launched today

[Ann Okerson <aokerson@pantheon.yale.edu>]

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:16:42 -0400
From: Alexandra Blondel <Alexandra.Blondel@wkap.com>
Subject: Kluwer participates in AGORA/FAO programme launched today

For Immediate Release

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Petra Sprado
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Kluwer Academic Publishers participates in Access to Global Online
Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
FAO programme launched today

Dordrecht, NL - October 14, 2003 - Kluwer Academic Publishers is proud to
participate in the AGORA initiative which was launched today in Rome,
Italy. AGORA is a programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with major scientific
publishers, Cornell University, Mann Library and the World Health
Organization (WHO). In line with Kluwer's goal to further the worldwide
dissemination of scientific information, the global partnership provides
free or reduced-price online journal access to developing countries.

The long-term goal of AGORA is to increase the quality and effectiveness
of agricultural research and training in low income food deficit
countries. To contribute to achieve this goal, AGORA will provide access
over the world-wide web to a research collection of several hundred key
journals in agriculture and related biological, environmental and social
sciences to the poorest countries in the world. Kluwer is making a
significant contribution to the content of the AGORA project, with 93
state-of-the-art Biological and Environmental journals covering a wide
range of multidisciplinary scientific research areas including
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Forestry, Soil Sciences, Animal Sciences,
Hydrobiology, Biological Microscopy, Food Science and Technology,
Environmental Conservation, Environmental Planning and Environmental Fluid
Dynamics.

The following countries will have access to content published by Kluwer
Academic Publishers through AGORA:  Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central
African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, C�te d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Haiti, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia,
Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Republic
of Moldova, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon
Islands, Somalia, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Turkmenistan,
Tuvalu, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.

"This is major step forward in the improvement of agricultural research
and food security world-wide," stated Peter Hendriks, CEO of Kluwer
Academic Publishers. "Kluwer is honoured to work in close harmony with the
Food and Agriculture Organization and our colleague STM publishers to
further the worldwide dissemination of scientific information.
Researchers, policy-makers, librarians, educators and students will now
have access to a wealth of imperative information that the majority would
never have been able to afford otherwise. We are pleased to have our
authors and contributors so well represented in these developing
countries."

About Kluwer Academic Publishers

Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP) is a leading publisher of scientific
information, specializing in numerous fields within science, technology,
medicine, humanities and social sciences. KAP provides high quality online
products and services and annually publishes 650 journals and 1200 books
featuring leading authors and researchers from around the world. Located
in Dordrecht, Boston, New York and London, the company has 550 employees.
The company was acquired by Candover and Cinven in January 2003. For more
information on Kluwer, visit <http://www.wkap.com/> www.wkap.com

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