Open data vital in alleviating agricultural challenges: CS Bett - Daily Nation

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Summary:

  • "Information ranging from climate and rainfall patterns, droughts, trends in crop pests and diseases to the number of farmers in a particular area should be put in the public domain so that it is easy to access.
  • Open data is crucial in modernising food systems and governments in particular should strive to make it accessible especially to the smallholder farmers.
  • Godan is an initiative that supports the proactive sharing of open data to make information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible and usable to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security, focusing on building high-level support among governments, policy makers, international organisations and businesses."

Link:

http://www.nation.co.ke/business/seedsofgold/Open-data-vital-in-alleviating-agricultural-challenges/2301238-3984436-fy6f59/index.html

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Date tagged:

06/24/2017, 23:25

Date published:

06/24/2017, 19:25