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The Platform for Big Data and the digital future of CGIAR
The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is coming to the end of its cycle. Here are some important proof-points looking back over the Platform's start in 2017 ...
BIG DATA PLATFORM AND ONE CGIAR
Read about where BIG DATA's capabilities might appear within the new One CGIAR ...
Webinar – Digital innovations in agriculture
This webinar by the Geospatial Data Community of Practice presents four applications of digital innovations for index-based agricultural insurance products ...
New webpage featuring the most used ontologies in the agri-food domain
The Ontologies Community of Practice has developed a webpage providing at a glance the most popular ontologies in the agri-food domain along with the ontologies developed by CGIAR and its ...
Big data and agricultural research: Results of online survey for CAS Secretariat commissioned independent evaluation
The CGIAR Advisory Services Shared Secretariat (CAS Secretariat), in line with its mandate and 2021 workplan, commissioned an independent evaluation team of subject matter experts to evaluate the work of ...
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Discovering gender dynamics in digital loans for agriculture
A CGIAR Inspire Challenge Rapid Response Grant project survey of more than 1,000 men and women farmers in Odisha, India finds disparate gender dynamics in demand for and decision-making around agricultural credit.
2020 Convention session – Human-centered Design and Gender
This session on human-centered design and gender aired live at the virtual 2020 CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
2020 Convention session – Non-traditional Big Data for Women’s Empowerment
This session on non-traditional big data sources for women's empowerment aired live at the virtual 2020 CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
2020 Convention session – Gender Data: Knowledge Gaps, Research Protocols & Improving Data Systems
This session on gender data aired live at the virtual 2020 CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
CGIAR awards Inspire Challenge winners 700K to respond to food system crises
The fourth cohort of Inspire Challenge winners, innovative projects using big data for agricultural development and research, were awarded US$ 100,000 each at the 2020 virtual CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
Why was there no COVID-19 “food system collapse”?
Farmers step up to the challenge of accelerating the digitalization of global food systems
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Youth in Data
Can livestock development be ethical and sustainable? A student looks for the facts
This is one of a series of blogs written by our Youth in Data delegates who participated in the 2020 CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture. The global event was held virtually 19-23 October, 2020.
Youth can be helpful allies in the collection of quality data to scale for modeling
This is one of a series of blogs written by our Youth in Data delegates who participated in the 2020 CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture. The global event was held virtually 19-23 October, 2020.
The Importance of Livestock in Creating Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems
This is one of a series of blogs written by our Youth in Data delegates who participated in the 2020 CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture. The global event was held virtually 19-23 October, 2020.
2020 Youth in Data Video Interview – Adekoya Femi and Ram Dhulipala
2020 Youth in Data Delegate Adekoya Femi interviews Ram Dhulipala, Leader of the Digital Agriculture Theme at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), as part of the 2020 Youth in Data Digital workshop which took place alongside the virtual CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
2020 Youth in Data Video Interview – Adekoya Femi and Daniel Jiménez
2020 Youth in Data Delegate Adekoya Femi interviews Dr. Daniel Jiménez, Scientist and Leader Community of Practice Data-Driven Agronomy at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, as part of the 2020 Youth in Data Digital workshop which took place alongside the virtual CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
2020 Youth in Data Video Interview – Meghana Rangaraju Sai and Ajay Kumar Tannirkulam
2020 Youth in Data Delegate Meghana Rangaraju Sai interviews Ajay Kumar Tannirkulam, 2020 Inspire Challenge Finalist– FarmPhone for Sustaining Incomes & Market Access, as part of the 2020 Youth in Data Digital workshop which took place alongside the virtual CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
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