What is open data? We all make decisions everyday based on different sources of information. Much of that information ultimately starts out as digital data. Open data is about changing the default, so that instead of being locked away for…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Open Data & Farming 101
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Environment, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Saving money Tagged with: ABIGAIL RUMSEY, Ana Brandusescu, Ben Schaap, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (Godan), GODAN, Plantwise, Tim Davies
Open Data & Farming 101
By Ben Schaap, Tim Davies and Ana Brandusescu What is open data? We all make decisions everyday based on different sources of information. Much of that information ultimately starts out as digital data. Open data is about changing the default,…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Environment, Food, Posts from feeds, Quality of life Tagged with: Agriculture, Ana Brandusescu, Ben Schaap, farming, Food, GODAN, open data, Tim Davies
Climate Smart Agriculture and Open Data at COP21
Partners of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative call for political leaders at COP21 to make the most obvious data open; “farmers need weather data in order to adapt to climate change”. Climate Change and Agriculture…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Big Data, Commercial opportunities, Data, Environment, Food, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Research, Resilience, Satellite, Smart communities Tagged with: agricultural inputs, Agriculture, Ben Schaap, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), COP21, digital elevation, drought, Earth Observation, farm, farmers, farming, Food, GODAN, Group on Earth Observation (GEO), Group on Earth Observations (GEO), land ownership, market price, open data, open data portal, pests and diseases, precision agriculture, satellite, soils, Water, water quality, weather
Linking agriculture and nutrition to open data, open government and the Sustainable Development Goals
By: Tim Davies, Ana Brandusescu and Ben Schaap – Open Government, Agriculture and Nutrition Open Government Partnership governments spend more than $1.2 trillion a year on the agriculture sector. We all rely upon complex global supply chains of agricultural inputs…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Environment, Food, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Quality of life, Transparency Tagged with: Agriculture, Ana Brandusescu, Ben Schaap, Food, GODAN, nutrition, open data, Tim Davies
Four key issues to tackle at the Africa Open Data Conference
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…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Environment, Food, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Internet of Things, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Africa Open Data Conference, Agriculture, Ana Brandusescu, Ben Schaap, Chris Addison, Food, GODAN, nutrition, open data, Sustainable development, Tim Davies