At the inaugural Africa Open Data Conference (AODC), which took place in Dar es Salaam between 2nd – 5th September, GODAN brought partners and interested participants together for the first major opportunity to discuss open data for agriculture and nutrition …
Agriculture and Nutrition session at Africa Open Data Conference Read more »
Some 300 people from around the world* attended the webinar, held yesterday and hosted by ASIS&T, the Association for Information Science and Technology. The presenters, Dr. Johannes Keizer and Dr. Caterina Caracciolo, described the steps required to produce open data …
Successful webinar on Implementing Linked Data in Low Resource Conditions Read more »
On 16 September, the Sub-Saharan African Food Security Portal will be launched in Brussels. The website, developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), contains over 40 indicators related to food security, commodity prices, economics, and human well-being. It draws from …
Panel and Launch of the Sub-Saharan African Food Security Portal Read more »
Today the Guardian publishes an in-depth feature on the importance of open data in achieving food security and its vital role in helping to combat hunger in an era of population growth. Use cases from the GODAN/ODI discussion paper ‘how can …
Guardian features GODAN’s work on open data to combat global food shortage Read more »
By: Chris Addison, Tim Davies, Ana Brandusescu and Ben Schaap Next week will see the first continent-wide Africa Open Data Conference: bringing together governments, technologists and innovators from across the continent and beyond to explore the promise and reality of …
Four key issues to tackle at the Africa Open Data Conference Read more »
The meeting will bring GODAN partners together for meetings and discussions that foment independent or Secretariat-facilitated partnerships going forward, and provide engagement with high-level GODAN goals. All are welcome to this annual meeting about public and private sector use of …
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) aims to unite people to combat hunger and malnutrition worldwide. SUN engages with governments, civil society, the United Nations, donors, businesses and researchers in a collective effort to improve nutrition by implementing programmes with nutritional goals …
As the open data revolution in agriculture and nutrition gathers pace, discussions are emerging about some of the ethical issues involved in equitable sharing and use of data, particularly as increasing amounts of data are now generated by or for …
Taking stock of challenges for global open data in agriculture and nutrition Read more »
GODAN will be participating actively in discussions at the AODC and will be leading the Agriculture and Nutrition Track on Saturday September 5. The conference represents a valuable opportunity for GODAN partners to shape the focus of our activities in …
Africa Open Data Conference (AODC), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, September 2 – 5 Read more »
After sitting through yet another presentation on Smart Cities earlier in the month I felt compelled to put pen to paper and ruminate on the nature of Open Data. Along the way I might touch on gamification, government policy and …