Currently, nearly 800 million people struggle with debilitating hunger and malnutrition and can be found in every corner of the globe. That’s one in every nine people, with the majority being women and children.

A core principle behind Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition (GODAN) is that a solution to Zero Hunger (Sustainable Development Goal 2) lies within existing, but often unavailable, agriculture and nutrition data.

With a focus on open data for agri-food sector (and accordingly to GODAN Statement of Purpose), GODAN and its partners are:

• working to promote open data and open access policies by default to explore the challenges of making open data work best for agriculture;
• advocating for new and existing open data endeavors and initiatives;
• establishing working groups to facilitate the efficiency and effectiveness of data sharing;
• promoting programs, good practices, and capacity development initiatives supporting the re-use of open data,

to make information about agriculture and nutrition responsible to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security.