Implementação de estratégias de acesso aberto em uma instituição de pesquisa de grande porte na área de agricultura: a experiência da Embrapa

摘要

This work presents the experience of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), a large state-owned company that figures out as an important global player in tropical agriculture Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I), through the planning and implementation of open access to scientific information initiatives in the context of a developing country. The aim of the initiative is to provide the necessary mechanisms to capture, store, organize, preserve and widely disseminate the scientific information produced by Embrapa and by the scientific community involved in agricultural research. The model was based on open access rules, based on the contextual and systemic analysis of institutional environment, and describes the actions and strategies conducted toward the consolidation of the green and the golden road to open access. Report concludes with the obstacles faced and facility aspects, both associated to the cultural and political, organizational matters.