VIDEO: Q&A with Christophe Bocquet from Dalberg Data Insights
Q&A at the Big Data in Agriculture Convention – Nairobi, 3-5 Oct 2018
Oct 31, 2018
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Q&A at the Big Data in Agriculture Convention – Nairobi, 3-5 Oct 2018
Oct 31, 2018
The Agronomy Field Information Management System (AgroFIMS) has been developed on CGIAR’s HiDAP (Highly-interactive Data Analysis Platform created by CGIAR’s International Potato Center, CIP). AgroFIMS draws fully on ontologies, particularly the Agronomy Ontology and the Crop Ontology. It consists of modules that represent the typical cycle of operations in agronomic trial management, and enables the creation of data collection sheets and digital data collection using the same ontology-based set of variables, terminology, units and protocols. AgroFIMS therefore:
Funding for AgroFIMS was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Open Access, Open Data Initiative, and the CGIAR Big Data Platform. Two user-testing workshops have been organized, with the most recent in March, with 14 participants including agronomists, crop modelers and developers from CGIAR centers (CIP, IITA, CIMMYT, Bioversity International, IFPRI), the University of Florida, and Rothamsted Research. A beta version will be released in summer for field testing and digital data collection using the KDSmart application developed in collaboration with Diversity Arrays Technology
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture advocates open data for agricultural research for development. It considers that opening up research data for scrutiny and reuse confers significant benefits to society.
However, the Platform appreciates that not all research data can be open and that a broad range of legitimate circumstances may require data to be restricted.
As an integral component of its advocacy for open data, the Platform promotes responsible data management through the entire research data lifecycle from planning, collecting, storing, disclosing or publishing, transferring, discovery and archiving.
These guidelines were created from information collected from: review on best and emerging practices across various sectors in the fast changing landscape of privacy and ethics (130 external resources); privacy and ethic materials sourced from seven CGIAR centers; first draft was circulated for input and feedback across CGIAR and incorporated into this edition. It’s important to note that this is an evolving document, the next stage is to consult externally for further input.
These Guidelines are intended to assist agricultural researchers handle privacy and personally identifiable information (PII) in the research project data lifecycle.
Ensure compatibility with the DMP-PII (as above) and also the purpose for which prior informed consent has been obtained
Ensure PII is stored securely to protect privacy, through organizational or project specific safeguards to prevent unauthorized access, accidental disclosure or breach of data (physical & technical)
Don’t store data in unsecured locations or on unsecured devices or servers
Don’t store encrypted data and encryption keys in locations where they can be easily accessed simultaneously
Don’t underestimate the importance and value of administrative safeguards to standardize practices (i.e. organizational policies, procedures and maintenance of security measures that are designed to protect private information, data and access)