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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 ...
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BIG DATA PLATFORM AND ONE CGIAR
Read about where BIG DATA's capabilities might appear within the new One CGIAR ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Open data: ‘It’s not about giving away data, it’s about giving it back’
That’s because as a publicly funded institution, we owe it to the public that they have free access to our data.
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Big data collaboration for crop loss research – it’s complicated
We already know we lose a vast amount of crop produce to diseases, pests, and weeds. But how do we find out how much, where, and when?
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Presenting our 2017 Inspire Challenge finalists
Allow us to present the 12 finalists to participate in the final round of the CGIAR Big Data in Agriculture Inspire Challenge 2017.
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Press release: Ripe for disruption
Ripe for disruption: New global initiative promises to shake-up agriculture – reducing risks, boosting resilience and improving incomes for the world’s most vulnerable farmers.
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Policy seminar: Digital technologies are crucial to transforming Africa’s food systems
A recent policy seminar brought together four speakers who addressed how new digital technologies and services are already making an ...
Connecting farmers to better information in Nepal
An Interactive Voice Response service is putting remote farmers in touch withwith a ‘world of information’ to improve livelihoods The ...
Scientists develop an early warning system that delivers wheat rust predictions directly to farmers’ phones
New research describes a revolutionary early warning system that can predict and mitigate wheat rust diseases in Ethiopia ...
UN-sponsored report acknowledges CIMMYT’s use of data and technologies to promote sustainable farming in Latin America
CIMMYT’s work featured on the Counting on the World to Act report, produced by SDSN and TReNDS. What to read ...