In April, agricultural leaders gathered in Washington, D.C, for the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture to promote accessible, relevant open data for the purpose of increasing global food security and agricultural production.  Reports out of the conference reflect a consensus within the international development community on the value of an open data philosophy in international development efforts.  Since April, there has been an outpouring of datasets from leading development organizations, arming the international agricultural movement with vast amounts of crucial information; an important step towards a comprehensive and collaborative approach to climate-smart agricultural development and food security.

The next vital step is to provide the tools to ensure that the information is comprehensible and easily applicable to end users.  Policy makers, agricultural extension officers, researchers and farmers need an approachable interface to be able to integrate and visualize data to effectively transform this information into accessible, useable insight.

The ability to integrate and visualize data in an interactive application is a key feature of the aWhere location intelligence platform.

aWhere’s free community based platform currently offers access to weather data, but this fall, aWhere will be expanding the platforms capabilities, creating an interactive on-stop-shop to analyze, visualize and compare openly available data through charts, maps and tables.  A comprehensive data library, which is being compiled from a variety of open data sources (FAO, USAID, among others) will allow for an in depth analysis of data from a variety of sources across location and time, all in a user-friendly application.

aWhere will be releasing more information about the platform throughout the summer, however users can register now to access highly localized weather data, and be the first to utilize the platform as the new features become operational:  http://www.awhere.com/en-us/weather-p.

Learn more about aWhere: www.awhere.com

Contact: Lizzy Leighty, [email protected]

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