Agriculture – Open Data Aha!

Open Data Can Help Feed a Hungry World

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

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Percentage of the population suffering from undernourishment, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report. Climate change will likely exacerbate food insecuri…

Tagged with: Agriculture, Climate Change, Dr. Cathie Woteki, Food, GODAN, hunger, USDA

What is the vital data infrastructure for agriculture?

Posted on July 15, 2016 by

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Announcing a public consultation on an Agriculture Sector Package for the Open Data Charter Open data can play an integral role in achieving global food security. Photo credit: flöschen / CC BY 2.0. As populations continue to grow and climate…

ILRI using satellite imagery to protect and insure livestock in East Africa

Posted on February 3, 2016 by

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), based in Kenya and Ethiopia, has created an innovative insurance product to protect livestock keepers from drought related asset losses insurance, as part of a coping and adaptation strategy. According to the research institute,…

Big data in ranching and animal husbandry

Posted on January 20, 2016 by

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Another big part of the food supply comes from ranches and farms that raise and slaughter various livestock. While ranching is sometimes bundled with agriculture, I discussed farming in Big Data in Agriculture, so we’ll focus on ranching this time…

Help us find valuable data for agriculture

Posted on January 12, 2016 by

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Contribute to our list of different types, sources and examples of data related to agriculture, and help us develop a better understanding of data in the sector We are exploring how open data can be used to improve agriculture and…

ODI Futures: How open innovation will transform agriculture

Posted on January 8, 2016 by

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On 3 December we held an event focusing on the future of agriculture, in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Chaired by ODI Head of Research Dr Tom Heath, it gathered stakeholders in the sector to…

Tagged with: Agriculture, Food, GODAN, innovation, Jack Hardinges, nutrition, ODI, open data, research, Tom Heath

Arguments for data transparency — a list for advocates

Posted on January 6, 2016 by

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The benefits of openness can be found around the globe. In these past few years working with local transparency activists, I have been collecting examples on how opening up data (especially government data) can help improve our lives. What I’ve…

Removing the locks: Fostering open data in agriculture

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

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“A lot of times, data are released (or made open) when they are no longer really useful”. read more

Tagged with: Agriculture, Food, Oluwabunmi Ajilore, open data, ypard

GODAN’s Highlights at COP21

Posted on December 11, 2015 by

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The Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative attended the high-profile twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) climate change conference in Paris, France from the 30th of November until the 6th of December, 2015. GODAN joined…

Tagged with: Agriculture, COP21, Food, GODAN, open data

Takeaways from open data panel at GFIA

Posted on December 7, 2015 by