The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Institute for Scientific and Technological Information (CSIR-INSTI), under the Ghana AGRIS Pilot Project, will organize a stakeholder consultation meeting from 4 - 6 August 2008. The meeting, to be held at Alexia Hotel, Afienya (in Tema), will bring together representatives of the seven institutions participating in the pilot project and representatives of the member institutions of the Ghana Agricultural Information Network System (GAINS).

The meeting will discuss plans to establish an AGRIS Service provision in the country, a strategy for GAINS, and plans to develop a portal for agricultural sciences and technology information for Ghana. The proceedings of the meeting will be facilitated by Justin Chisenga, Information Management Specialist, FAO Regional Office for Africa, Ghana; and Dr. Godfred Frempong, Senior Research Scientist, CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Ghana.