Abstract:

The Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA) is the single governmental research organization of the Andalusian Government. One of its main objectives is to promote the modernization of the Andalusian Agriculture, Fisheries and Food sector through Research, Development, Technological Innovation and Training (R+D+I+T). Knowledge transfer at IFAPA occurs through teaching, conferences and seminars, publications and information brochures, technical consulting, and recently also through a newly developed on-line Agriculture and Fisheries Knowledge Transfer and Consulting Platform (SERVIFAPA). The SERVIFAPA platform is designed to showcase and manage technological advances and knowledge generated by IFAPA, and make these available to society.

The information offered by SERVIFAPA can be accessed at two levels: generic or specialized by sector. In the latter case the information is organized in fourteen sectors or levels of specialization: aquaculture, agriculture and environment, agroindustry, pastureland, livestock, horticulture, etc…

Among the features provided by the SERVIFAPA website are alerts and recommendations, specialized training, opportunities for collaboration among users, news, demand for support through a virtual technician and a document search engine. Users are allowed to view and download scientific and technical papers, newsletters, production guidelines, images, interactive teaching games, learning materials, books, conference papers, software, videos and so on.

SERVIFAPA is currently at the stage of active dissemination and consolidation, supporting and encouraging the active involvement of IFAPA´s researchers and technicians in the editing and publishing processes.

Keywords:

Agriculture and Fisheries, On-line platform, knowledge management.