The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture closed in December 2021. Its work continues under the CGIAR Digital Innovation initiative and the Digital and Data unit at System Office

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Platform Updates

07/09/2020 - ANNUAL REPORT: 2019 IN REVIEW
11/28/2019 - Meet the 2019 Inspire Challenge winners
03/15/2019 - Latest Big Data News & Highlights
01/17/2019 - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - 2018 IN REVIEW
12/22/2018 - OUR YEAR IN REVIEW
08/07/2018 - 2018 Convention & Inspire Challenge. And other highlights
06/06/2018 - Good news about the GDPR
05/25/2018 - A big button for Big Data!
06/30/2017 - Platform update
05/11/2017 - Announcing the launch of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

Communities of Practice

03/05/2020 - First 2020 Update from the BIG DATA Communities of Practice
02/25/2020 - CoP Data-Driven Agronomy: Discover the stories behind CGIAR's digital extension work
01/30/2020 - Updates from the Crop Modeling CoP
01/28/2020 - Updates from the Socio-economic Data CoP
01/21/2020 - Voting begins for our Digital Extension Blog Competition
01/16/2020 - Updates from the Socio-economic Data CoP
12/10/2019 - 2019 wrap-up from the BIG DATA Communities
10/08/2019 - Updates from the Socio-Economic Data CoP
05/30/2019 - Updates from the BIG DATA Communities of Practice
05/23/2019 - Updates from the Crop Modeling CoP

Convention

11/19/2019 - Highlights from the 2019 BIG DATA Convention
10/24/2019 - TRUST & BUILDING THE FUTURE: Day three of the Big Data Convention
10/18/2019 - TRUST & SOLUTIONS: Day two of the Big Data Convention
10/17/2019 - WHY TRUST: Day one of the Big Data Convention
10/11/2019 - REVEAL: Big Data Convention Keynote Speaker & Youth in Data Initiative
09/26/2019 - Opportunities & potential digital dangers of big data in agriculture
09/19/2019 - DEEP DIVE: An in-depth look at 2019 BIG DATA Convention sessions
09/12/2019 - NEW TOOL LAUNCHED: Digital Food Systems Evidence Clearing House
05/21/2019 - Launch of the 2018 Annual Report & 2019 Convention
07/31/2018 - BE OUR GUEST! - Special invite to our 2018 Convention: Decoding the Data Ecosystem

Inspire Challenge

04/10/2019 - 2019 Inspire Challenge: NOW OPEN
04/02/2019 - PRIORITY PREVIEW: 2019 Inspire Challenge launch
08/31/2018 - Announcing the 2018 Inspire Challenge Finalists! And the Full Convention Agenda
08/13/2018 - Just one week to get your applications in for the 2018 Inspire Challenge Grant
07/19/2018 - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! For 2018 Inspire Challenge Grant 
08/01/2017 - Announcing the 2017 CGIAR Inspire Challenges 

Webinars

03/04/2020 - [NEW DATE & TIME] ONTOLOGIES WEBINAR SERIES: How Agricultural Industry Uses Ontologies - #1 Bayer CropScience
02/27/2020 - ONTOLOGIES WEBINAR SERIES: How Agricultural Industry Uses Ontologies - #1 Bayer CropScience
02/18/2020 - WEBINAR: Crop Ontology: for the semantic interoperability of breeding data
02/04/2020 - WEBINAR INVITE: APSIM Platform for Modelling and Simulation of Agricultural Systems
12/02/2019 - WEBINAR INVITE: Knowledge graphs
05/27/2019 - WEBINAR INVITE: Inspire Challenge Q&A Session
05/16/2019 - Webinar Invite: Machine Learning and Ontology
04/09/2019 - Reminder: Crop Modeling Webinar - A Tale of Two Platforms - GARDIAN and G.E.M.S.
04/02/2019 - Webinar invite: A Tale of Two Platforms - GARDIAN and G.E.M.S.
03/13/2019 - Reminder: The webinar on digital extension in the CGIAR starts in a few hours