GODAN partners are invited to get involved in planning for our 2016 summit to plan how we will move forward the open data agenda through our rapidly growing partnership by registering contact details in the form below. If you are …

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The European Space Agency (ESA) SENTINEL-2 project is an important development for both conventional and precision agriculture applications as its high specification imaging allows 10-20m spatial resolution and 5 day revisit frequency, providing a valuable open data resource for detailed …

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Today the Secretary of State announces the unprecedented release of at least 8,000 UK datasets across the agriculture and food sectors, putting Britain at the front of the open data revolution and helping the food and farming sectors to realise …

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GODAN had a significant presence at the recent 3rd International Open Data Conference (IODC) in Ottawa (May 28-29), when a real buzz was generated around discussion of current developments in open data in the agriculture and nutrition sectors. The event …

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NuCivic provide full-service open source software-as-a-service (“OpenSaaS”) solutions to public sector institutions around the world and are the lead developers of the open source open data platform DKAN and its full-service cloud offering NuCivic Data.  From headquarters in New York City and …

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Burkina Faso is now launching its new new Burkina Open Data Initiative (BODI) in the nation’s capital Ouagadougou.  The initiative aims to grow its existing 50 open government datasets to develop a full version launching in September.  The datasets already include details …

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Montrose, providers of international development solutions and project management, have joined GODAN following the 3rd International Open Data Conference in Ottawa.  Montrose has strong language capabilities and a history of project delivery with partners in Asia and Africa http://www.montroseint.com/about  

Freelance journalist Flavie Halais provides in-depth coverage of the Agriculture and Nutrition debate at IODC 7 challenges the agriculture sector must address to unleash the data revolution Her review of the discussion, published by Devex, includes quotes from GODAN partners …

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As a champion of open data, GODAN was pleased to receive an enquiry from Transparify asking for clarity on the way we are funded.  Transparify believes that transparency matters, particularly in sectors involved in policy advocacy, as citizens ought to be …

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GODAN and the Open Data Institute launch open data discussion paper at 3rd International Open Data Conference Today GODAN and the Open Data Institute launch new research showing how open data is helping solve a wide range of problems in …

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