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● World population is predicted to grow to around 10 billion by 2050, global demand for food, feed and fiber is predicted to nearly double.
Agriculture
● Open access to research, and open publication of data, are vital resources for food security and nutrition.
Data & Agriculture
● Supports global efforts to make data relevant to agriculture and nutrition available, accessible, and usable for unrestricted use worldwide.
● Encourages collaboration and cooperation among existing agriculture and open data activities, without duplication, and seek to bring together all stakeholders to solve long-standing global problems.
Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition
www.GODAN.info
● 2012 G-8 Summit, world leaders committed to, “…share relevant agricultural data available from G-8 countries with African partners.”
● Also committed to convening a G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture (April 2013)
Led to the establishment of GODAN
● Launched at the Open Government Partnership meeting (October 2013)
● Secretariat launched late 2014 with 5 year timeline, 2015-2019
● 120+ partners and growing
History
GODAN network
Brings together agricultural, nutritional and open data fields and actors in order that:
● Use of open data is stimulated and implemented
● The successes of GODAN are understood &
replicated
● GODAN can learn from the successes elsewhere
● GODAN benefits from innovative work practices
The Secretariat will:
● support GODAN as a network● enhance community ownership● retain an umbrella supporting function● identify working groups ● recruit a strong and visible leader and focal point● enhance coordination amongst partners● scale up advocacy and profiling activities● improve lesson learning and knowledge
exchange
Secretariat Activities
1. High level advocacy
2. Harmonize activities with others, share knowledge and identify evidence of impact
3. Manage a framework of national and international events and dialogues
4. Operational organization of GODAN and the Secretariat itself