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The PublicationsDissemination Service
(PDS)
Who may apply for a free Spore (paper) subscription?
Individuals (including students) in ACP countries active in agriculture and rural development
(N.B. Organisations receiving CTA publications automatically receive Spore.)
If their application is accepted, they will receive Spore in the selected language (French or English) or Esporo, the Portuguese version.
The electronic version is accessible to everyone.
Who may apply for a free subscription to CTA publications?
Only organisations/departments located in an ACP country and active in agriculture and rural development.
The contact person should be the Librarian, the Director or the Head of Department.
If the application is accepted, the organisation/department will receive the following free-of-charge:
the magazine Spore/Esporo in the selected languagean account with credit points to order CTA publications free-of-charge
A few figures
53,000 subscribers to Spore/Esporo (paper version)
11,700 subscribers to the e-version of Spore/Esporo
36,000 subscribers to CTA publications
1,800 DORA subscribers
3,800 subscribers to ICT Update (paper version)
5,800 subscribers to the e-version of ICT Update
A few figures in 2012 (until end October)Description TOTAL Online Backend
New Spore/Esporo subscribers
6,308 2,412 3,896
New subscribers to CTA publications
2,364 2,034 330
CTA publications ordered by subscribers
57,788 33,247 24,541
CTA publications ordered for events/donations
30,242
DORA publications ordered 1,940 229 1,711
Subscribers orders processed
9,466 5,119 4,347
A look at Google Analytics since 26/01/2012
• http://publications.cta.int: 27,500 unique visitors
51.37% returning visitors
48.63% new visitors
• Countries: Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal
• +/- 10,600 PDFs downloaded
• 2% visitors using mobile technology to access the website
ReturningNew
Order flow: Orders placed on line
Subscriber
SMIDeutsche Post
Orders on lineTime: max. 24 hours
Processes the orderTime: max. 48 hours
Mails the publicationsTime: ?
Order flow: orders sent by post
Subscriber
CTA
SMI
Deutsche Post
Registers the orderTime: max. 24 hours
Processes the orderTime: max. 48 hours
Sends the order by postTime: 2-3 weeks
Mails the publicationsTime: ?
Thank you!