Big data partnership: CGIAR analytics meets IVR to bring tailored advice to Malawi farmers
By Marianne McDade
/ November 15, 2018
To run their farms as a business, smallholders need more access to relevant and timely information. Interactive Voice Response-based (IVR) technology has vast potential to meet their needs.
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Data-driven innovations taking agriculture to the digital frontier of science
By Marianne McDade
/ November 12, 2018
At the intersection of agriculture and data science lies a host of exciting innovations that are pushing the boundaries to propel us towards a food-secure future.
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5 key challenges facing the agriculture data ecosystem
By Guest Writer
/ October 19, 2018
In adopting an emerging technology like Big Data, there are common issues that every industry must deal with to realize the benefits of a digital transformation.
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3 sources of demand for big data in biodiversity innovation
By Guest Writer
/ October 17, 2018
Margaret Ann Tutwiler, the Director General of Bioversity International, discusses the importance of big data tools for supporting agricultural diversity initiatives.
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YOUTH IN DATA
5 key challenges facing the agriculture data ecosystem
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3 sources of demand for big data in biodiversity innovation
Margaret Ann Tutwiler, the Director General of Bioversity International, discusses the importance of big data tools for supporting agricultural diversity initiatives ...
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Convention highlights: Blockchain in food systems
Blockchain in Food Systems Blockchain is one of the most exciting emerging technologies and was given much attention during the ...
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Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary: Data is ‘key’ to smart farming
Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary: Data is 'key' to smart farming Smart farming is key to developing sustainable agriculture and this ...
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PRIVACY AND ETHICS
If Mary has a little lamb, who should know about it?
The GDPR and data science for agricultural development are at odds when it comes to delivering personalized products for the ...
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Grow more food and mitigate climate change? Agricultural soil data could help
A more comprehensive understanding of agricultural soils is needed to support sustainable development decision making - but collecting the necessary ...
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Meet Bob. The farmer needing your help to revolutionize agriculture
Farmers are contributing to the huge amounts of information that can be harnessed for global food security solutions. But they ...
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Data democracy: Data from the people, by the people, for the people
If the farmer has right to consume, sell or share the produce grown by him, then what about the data ...
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INNOVATION
Decoding the Data Ecosystem: Big Data in Agriculture Convention of 2018 & Inspire Challenge Grant Winners
[01 OCTOBER 2018 - NAIROBI, KENYA] - The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is hosting its second annual congress ...
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Aligning needs with solutions: Data-driven agricultural innovation for Vietnam’s farmers
Vietnam's technology innovators and farmers convened at a workshop to gain a deeper appreciation of the challenges in the field ...
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Solanify: Crowd Sourcing of Potato Diversity Monitoring
This project will monitor potato diversity and distribution in the Andes by developing an open source application as a tool ...
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ICT-based citizen science for preventing Banana Xanthomonas Wilt
This innovation will provide farmers and extensionists with mobile phone-based Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) management advice that's based on their report ...
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DATA ACCESS
10 ways CGIAR is opening up data for agricultural innovation
10 ways CGIAR is opening up data for agricultural innovation Across CGIAR, researchers are working together with farmers to develop, ...
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Open Access: Unlocking agricultural innovation
Open Access: Unlocking agricultural innovation Open access to knowledge and data has the power to drive agricultural innovation, accelerating our ...
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Grow more food and mitigate climate change? Agricultural soil data could help
A more comprehensive understanding of agricultural soils is needed to support sustainable development decision making - but collecting the necessary ...
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Meet Bob. The farmer needing your help to revolutionize agriculture
Farmers are contributing to the huge amounts of information that can be harnessed for global food security solutions. But they ...
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