The concept of open agriculture data fuses transparency and technology to improve food security worldwide. Read more >>
Tag archives for Open Data
Full Speed Ahead for Open Ag Data
Last week, hundreds of innovators gathered at the World Bank IFC Center to brainstorm about how Open Data can be harnessed to help meet the challenge of sustainably feeding nine billion people by 2050. Read more >>
Who Stole My Cow? Open Data and Praedial Larceny
Relevant and timely access to data for not only policy makers and data scientists, but also farmers, innovators and other intermediaries, will help create the solutions needed to prevent threats to food security. Read more >>
Shared Ag Data is a Secured Future for Vulnerable Populations
Ag data provides critical information that help the lives of the primary producers who feed the nation. Read more >>
USAID in the Middle East: Using Data to Improve Regional Water Management (Part 1)
Generate. Capture. Share. Apply Knowledge at the KM Expo
The Knowledge Management Expo, hosted by USAID, brings development community together to share projects and ideas to better able to achieve the ultimate goal of ending world poverty. Read more >>
Video of the Week: Crowdsourcing at USAID: An Example for Aid Transparency & Open Data
Shadrock Roberts from USAID’s GeoCenter offers important lessons learned for government institutions who want to work with crowdsourced information at ICCM 2012. Read more >>
At Datajam, Innovators and Entrepreneurs Unleash Open Data for Global Development
USAID and the White House explored new ways of leveraging open data for development at Datajam event on December 10 Read more >>
USAID’s Commitment to Transparency
Food Security Open Data Challenge
Last week, President Obama announced the G-8’s commitment to the “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition”, the next phase of the G-8’s shared commitment to achieving global food security and nutrition goals. One of the elements of this New Alliance is a focus on science, technology, and innovation including the importance of open and available food security [...]
