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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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COVID-19 Discussion Series: Eps. 7 – Data in a crisis climate
The seventh episode of our Discussion Series: Big data solutions to COVID-19 & food security, brought together four panelists to discuss data in a crisis climate.

Webinar – FAIR Guidelines & Assessment in GARDIAN
A webinar organized by the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture on FAIR data principles and their impact on Open Science.

COVID-19 Discussion Series: Eps. 6 – Future Food Systems
The sixth episode of our Discussion Series: Big data solutions to COVID-19 & food security, brought together two panelists to discuss future food systems.

WEBINAR SUMMARY – Big data & COVID-19: Future food systems (Eps. 6)
The sixth episode of our Discussion Series: Big data solutions to COVID-19 & food security, brought together two panelists to discuss future food systems.

COVID-19 Discussion Series: Eps. 5 – Bridging gaps and building resiliency – Part 2
The fifth episode of our Discussion Series: Big data solutions to COVID-19 & food security, brought together four panelists to discuss bridging gaps and building resiliency with digital agriculture platforms.

WEBINAR SUMMARY – Big data & COVID-19: Bridging gaps & building resiliency with digital agriculture platforms – Part 2 (Eps. 5)
The fifth episode of our Discussion Series: Big data solutions to COVID-19 & food security, brought together four panelists to discuss bridging gaps and building resiliency with digital agriculture platforms.
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Youth in Data

Women, Access and Data
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.

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 Dhulipala from ICRISAT
2019 Youth in Data delegate Syeda Ruqhaiya Fatima interviews Ram Dhulipala 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."
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BIG DATA ACROSS CGIAR
Q&A: How blockchain can create social and environmental impacts
Susanne Köhler discusses how this technology can be used to increase the resilience of individuals, communities and ecosystems ...
Phone app gives opportunity to improve water productivity in Lebanon
For the phone app to be effective and sustainable, it must only be regarded as being a part of a ...
Wheat blast and rust disease forecasts are arriving direct to farmer’s phones
An early warning system set to deliver wheat disease predictions directly to farmers’ phones is being piloted in Bangladesh and ...
Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa
A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art remote-sensing and data management technologies ...