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Why Open Data Matters: G-8 and African Nations Increase Open Data for Food Security

Posted by  on Wednesday, May 8th 2013     
Kenyan farmer shows her crops. Photo credit: Jimmy Wambua

The concept of open agriculture data fuses transparency and technology to improve food security worldwide. Read more >>

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Full Speed Ahead for Open Ag Data

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 7th 2013     
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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 >>

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Helping Haiti Recover Three Years Later

Posted by  on Wednesday, March 6th 2013     
On Monday, March 4, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with Haiti’s Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development Thomas Jacques who outlined his three year strategic plan for revitalization of the Haitian agriculture sector. Photo credit: USDA

Three years after the earthquake, USDA and USAID continue to help the Haitian agricultural sector recover. Read more >>

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