Improving Global Agricultural Data (IGAD)

Community of Practice

Second IGAD Annual Virtual Meeting 2022 - Recap

Nearly 400 participants took part in the Improving Global Agricultural Data (IGAD) Community of Practice (CoP) Second Annual Virtual Meeting, which took place from March 22 and April 8, 2022. The 2022 virtual meeting was able to successfully provide an online platform to continue to build collaborations, share knowledge, and develop innovations within the IGAD community and beyond, with the use of activities including presentations, panel sessions and group discussions.

We thank all of the presenters and attendees for a truly engaging event.

All eight of the session recordings are now available:

Sharing experiences and creating digital dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish)

Tuesday, March 22 from 14:00 to 15:30 UTC

Organizers & moderators: Wouter Schallier (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and Imma Subirats (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO)

Recording: https://youtu.be/CBwZ9LZrc0Q

Creating an RDA community in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish)

Thursday, March 24 from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC

Organizers & moderators: Wouter Schallier (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and Imma Subirats (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO)

Recording: https://youtu.be/TgBW4Sx2hYY

Plant-pollinator interactions data standards

Tuesday, March 29 from 14:00 to 15:30 UTC

Organizers & moderators: Debora Drucker (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa) and Abram Bicksler (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO)

Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FyTti3z9Dc

Ethical and legal issues around agricultural data

Friday, April 1 from 9:00 to 10:30 UTC

Organizer and moderator: Valeria Pesce (Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation, GFAR)

Recording: https://youtu.be/EcMb0nJNlEc

Platforms for agricultural data: how to address the fragmented landscape? (Part 1)

Monday, April 4 from 14:00 to 15:30 UTC

Organizer and moderator: Lars Kahnert (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit,  GIZ)

Recording: https://youtu.be/cqT7iLXi0rk

FAIRifying data and code for Artificial Intelligence in agricultural production

Tuesday, April 5 from 14:00 to 15:30 UTC

Organizers & moderators: Erik Van Ingen (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO) and Ioannis N. Athanasiadis (Wageningen University and Research)

Recording: https://youtu.be/ULkwTwxp-vk

Governance of farm-level digital technologies and agricultural data

Wednesday, April 6 from 15:00-16:30 UTC

Organizers & moderators: Sarah-Louise Ruder (Canada, University of British Columbia), Dr. Hannah Wittman (Canada, University of British Columbia)

Recording: https://youtu.be/wBeRxwSLuRY

Platforms for agricultural data: how to address the fragmented landscape? (Part 2)

Thursday, April 7 from 15:00-16:30 UTC

Organizer and moderator: Cynthia Sims Parr (National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture)

Recording: https://youtu.be/7J_2o_Mn9Pw

About IGAD

Formed in 2013, since its inception the Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) has grown in community strength to over 200 members, becoming one of the RDA’s most prominent Thematic Groups. IGAD is a domain-oriented group working on all issues related to global agriculture data. It represents stakeholders in managing data for agricultural research and innovation, including producing, aggregating and consuming data.

Beyond this, IGAD promotes good practices in research with regard to data sharing policies, data management plans, and data interoperability, and it is a forum for sharing experience and providing visibility to research and work in agricultural data. One of IGAD’s main roles is to serve as a platform that leads to the creation of domain-specific Working Groups.

Co-chairs of the Improving Global Agricultural Data (IGAD) Community of Practice

Debora Ducker (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa), Cynthia Parr (USDA Agricultural Research Service), Valeria Pesce (Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation,  GFAR), Imma Subirats Coll (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO)