Presenting GODANOpen Data & Precision Farming

Martin Parr

HungerPovertyInnovation

www.godan.info

Hunger

• For the first time in human history, the knowledge to end hunger exists on Earth  

• 800 million people struggle with debilitating hunger and malnutrition

• We need to find solutions beyond MORE food. Nutritionally sensitive agriculture is essential for global public health and wellbeing

• We are convinced that the solution to closing this unacceptable hunger gap lies within harnessing and opening agriculture and nutrition data

  

Poverty

Beyond absolute hunger, agriculture can be a means for smallholder farmers to develop economically through trade BUT lack of information about:

• Plant pests and diseases• Market data• Regulations and standards• Weather data

  

Innovation

Lack of data or access to that data can stifle innovation

Restricted information may be in geographic or thematic silos

Keeps data in the hands of the powerful – reducing the world’s ability to innovate

  

What is Open Data

Data anyone can access, use and share

• Accessible (published on the web)• Available (increasingly machine-readable format)• Licensed to permit anyone to access, use and share it

What is GODAN

• Over 260 partners• National governments, NGOS, international and

private-sector organizations• Began in 2013 at Open Government Partnership

Conference• Encourages collaboration and cooperation across

existing agriculture, nutrition and open data activities

Any organization that supports open access to agriculture and nutrition data can join

Our network

Building a global momentum

GODAN network brings together agricultural, nutritional and open data actors in order to ensure:

Use of open data is stimulated and implemented

Successes of GODAN partners are understood & replicated

GODAN network can learn from the successes elsewhere

GODAN partners benefit from innovative work practices

Bring together agriculture, nutrition and opendata sectors to:

• build high-level policy and public and private institutional support for open data

• encourage collaboration, sharing and cooperation

• manage a framework of national and international events and dialogues

• Develop a shared agenda to increase the supply, quality, and interoperability of data

• address questions and provide research on impact

• harmonize activities with others, share knowledge

The GODAN story2012 G-8 SummitWorld leaders commit to “ .. share relevant agriculturaldata available from G-8 countries with African partners.”

G-8 International Conference on Open Data forAgriculture

April 2013 - Open Government Partnership meeting

October 2013 – GODAN launched

Secretariat launched late 2014 with 5 year timeline 2015-2019

The GODAN storyThe Global Forum on Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) 10 March 2015

3rd International Open Data Conference (IODC)  May 2015

Financing for Development FFD3  July 2015

Africa Open Data Conference  September 2015

Open Government Partnership Global Summit  October 2015 

The Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD)  April 2016

Case studies

GroenMonitor

Copernicus Sentinel

IBLI

Source: Wageningen UR

Photo credit: Jeff Haskins

Working Groups • Nutrition Data Gaps (USDA & DFID)• Rice Data Interoperability (IRRI)• Data Ecosystems for Agritech (Syngenta)• Precision Agriculture (USDA)• Soil Data Interoperability (FAO & ISRIC)• Ag Sector Package (ODI)• Satellite Data Integration (IBM & Government of Kenya)• Data Rights & responsibilities (Un of Ottawa & Govt of Canada)

Build momentum through increasingly important activities (existing and new)

Complimented by smaller but also visible events, such as…

“The Open Data Camp is a major two-day event, entirely devoted to open data…”

Winter Spring Summer Summit

Horizon 2020 Brussels

#HackFrancophonie Paris

GFIA Abu Dhabi

RDA Tokyo

OD Camp UK Bristol

GCARD Johannesburg

ICT4D Nairobi

European Development Days

Brussels

DFID Nutrition London

Nutrition for Growth Rio

Finale:

GODAN Summit 2016NY

GODAN Summit#GODANSummit2016

• September 2016, New York City

• Will bring together world leaders, researchers, farmers, students, and others - public, private and non-profit, united around collaboration on agriculture and nutrition data openness

• The event will showcase open data success stories from across the world

• Registration will open soon  

GODAN SummitOpen Data Challenge

• Two tracks – policy and app development

• The ultimate purpose of the challenge is to develop a community of open data innovators with a social focus to promote the idea of using open data as a global social good. We need your help to “set the data free,” therefore accelerating the global race towards universal food and nutrition security.

• Awardees will receive support and networking assistance from the GODAN network, which now number more than 240 multi-sector members, and are encouraged to create cross-discipline teams to engage with other innovators

  

GODAN SummitOpen Data Challenge – Two Tracks

• Track 1 - Define key policy obstacles to open data use and dissemination, and provide innovative solutions to address them

• The final paper should consist of an up-to 7,000-word white paper that provide both policy analysis and solutions that can realistically be implemented

• Three winners will be chosen:

• First prize: $15,000, Second prize: $10,000, Third prize: $5,000

 

GODAN SummitOpen Data Challenge – Two Tracks

Track 2 - Design and development of an application that makes the best use of available open data in the fields of agriculture and/or nutrition

Eligible Platforms:

• Smartphone or tablet, Web, Desktop, Software running on other publicly available hardware

• Selection criteria: Innovation, potential impact, open data, feasibility, clarity and accuracy of solution

• Three winners will be chosen:

• First prize: $25,000 and 100 hours of professional engineering/consulting, Second prize: $15,000 and 50 hours, Third prize: $5,000 and 25 hours

Contact us to find out more about how your organization can get involved in this growing network enquiries@godan.info

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