BIG DATA IN FOOD &

AGRICULTURE: COMMUNITY

PERSPECTIVES

Nikos Manouselis (Agro-Know), Valeria Pesce (FAO/GFAR)27/2/2015

our Societal Challenge

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topics of relevance in 2014-2015

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current WP: “data” spelled out

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current WP: “data” behind words

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relevant EC policy: open

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relevant other policies

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G8 Open Data Conference

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early adopters getting ready

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition

(http://www.godan.info)

“…to support global efforts to make agricultural and

nutritionally relevant data available, accessible, and usable

for unrestricted use brings together all stakeholders to solve

long-standing global problems”

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policy making example: FADN

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN):

evaluating income of agricultural holdings &

the impacts of Common Agricultural Policy

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PPP example: GFSP

Global Food Safety Partnership

(http://gfsp.org): scale up food

safety capacity building and

ensure that good and safe

practices can reach everyone that

is producing, processing and

selling food around the world

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new business examples

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an opportunity (?) ahead

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…should we be here after 2016?

what could we do?

…offer domain-specific Data Management support &

recommendations to data owners? (or to running / upcoming

H2020 projects?)

…facilitate aggregation, interlinking and mapping to foster

innovation and support decision making?

…organise DG-specific workshops on domain-specific big data

opportunities & challenges?

…incubate your domain-specific big data initiative or case

study?

…more?www.big-data-europe.eu

feel free to contact us

Nikos Manouselis, Agro-Know

(nikosm@agroknow.gr)

Valeria Pesce, FAO/GFAR

(Valeria.Pesce@fao.org)

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