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.
by Hannah Craig | Dec 29, 2021 | Featured, News
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.
by Hannah Craig | Nov 20, 2020 | Inspire news, Video
The 2020 Inspire Challenge finalists pitched their innovative big data projects at the 2020 virtual CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
by Marianne McDade | Oct 28, 2020 | Featured, Inspire 2020 Finalists, Inspire Challenge, Inspire news, News, Press Releases
The fourth cohort of Inspire Challenge winners, innovative projects using big data for agricultural development and research, were awarded US$ 100,000 each at the 2020 virtual CGIAR Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) | Oct 19, 2020 | CGIAR Updates, Communities of Practice, News, SocioEconomic CoP
The AgriFoodTrust platform teams up researchers from CGIAR centers with academia, private sector agri-food companies, tech start-ups and development practitioners to experiment with blockchain and related trust technologies in the agri-food sector.
by Hannah Craig | Oct 9, 2020 | Featured, Inspire 2020 Finalists, Inspire Challenge, Inspire news, News, Press Releases
Fifteen innovative big data projects have qualified as finalists of the 2020 CGIAR Inspire Challenge and will pitch at the upcoming virtual Convention on Big Data in Agriculture.
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)