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Leveraging digital tools for adaptive food systems in India during the COVID-19 lockdown
A look at how digital tools and technologies have been and could be used to overcome coronavirus-related challenges to agricultural supply chains ...
COVID-19: How the development community can contribute to food system recovery and resilience
In the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, open, data-driven collaboration and digitally-enabled global collective action are key tools for recovering and (re)building resilient global food systems ...
8 food security implications of the COVID-19 crisis
From disrupting agricultural input supply chains to carving out new crisis response roles for social media, the pandemic’s impacts on the state of global food security are vast and variable ...
Women in Data
For International Women´s Day, we want to highlight some of the women data scientists working to transform the lives of smallholder farmers across the globe ...
FAIR is the new Open when it comes to big data
When we talk about big data, it's important to remember that bigger is not always better and open is not always enough ...
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Leveraging digital tools for adaptive food systems in India during the COVID-19 lockdown
A look at how digital tools and technologies have been and could be used to overcome coronavirus-related challenges to agricultural supply chains.
Lab-in-a-backpack: Rapid Genomic Detection to revolutionize control of disease outbreaks in fish farming
A winning 2019 Inspire Challenge project led by WorldFish, the University of Queensland, and Wilderlab is revolutionizing aquaculture disease control using big data approaches and genomic sequencing technologies.
VIDEO: Q&A with Inspire Challenge winner: Rapid genomic detection of aquaculture pathogens
Live Q&A with Jérôme Delamare-Deboutteville (WorldFish), Andrew Barnes (University of Queensland), and Shaun Wilkinson (Wilderlab) about their 2019 Inspire Challenge project "Rapid genomic detection of aquaculture pathogens."
VIDEO: Q&A with Inspire Challenge winner: Revealing informal food flows through free WiFi
Live Q&A with Louis Reymondin, scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and team leader of the 2019 Inspire Challenge project "Revealing informal food flows through free WiFi."
FAIR is the new Open when it comes to big data
When we talk about big data, it's important to remember that bigger is not always better and open is not always enough.
Harnessing telecommunications network data for rainfall monitoring in developing countries
Filling a key information gap can make it easier to provide insurance to smallholders.
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Youth in Data
My takeaways as a Youth in Data delegate at the 2019 BIG DATA convention
Here is a sneak peek into my experience as a youth delegate during the 2019 BIG DATA convention.
Transforming the agricultural sector with big data tools
Big data approaches take on the challenge of creating a more food secure world.
VIDEO: Q&A with Gideon Kruseman from CIMMYT
2019 Youth in Data delegates Madiha Sadaf and Hiba Anjum interview Gideon Kruseman from the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center on the Big Data Platform Community of Practice on Socio-Economic Data.
VIDEO: Q&A with Kevin Gitau from iShamba
2019 Youth in Data delegate Joorie Bhattacharya interviews Kevin Gitau from iShamba on his 2019 Inspire Challenge finalist project "Let it Rain.”
VIDEO: Q&A with Ram Dhuliballa from ICRISAT
2019 Youth in Data delegate Syeda Ruqhaiya Fatima interviews Ram Dhuliballa from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Aid Tropics (ICRISAT) on his 2019 Inspire Challenge finalist project "Climate information services to manage climate risks."
VIDEO: Q&A with Allard de Wit from Wageningen University & Research
2019 Youth in Data delegate Habeebuddin Mir interviews Allard de Wit from Wageningen University & Research on his 2019 Inspire Challenge finalist project “SLAM (Self-learning for agriculture management)."
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