Presentation at the 42nd APAN meeting

Hong Kong, 2016-08-02Johannes Keizer, GODAN Secretariat, FAO of the UN

• GODAN Secretariat Partnerships Lead

• Team Leader at FAO for open Access and open Science

• Background: Pesticide Chemistry

Johannes Keizer, PhDThe Presenter

Johannes.keizer@fao.org

http://aims.fao.org

Daunting challenges - impressive opportunities:

• The life science revolution is changing our understanding of the fundamental biology of plants, animals and people. It is transforming agriculture.

• Information revolution approaches are critically transforming the retail end of food value chains- radical transparency.

• Investment opportunities- private and financial sectors aware of need to mitigate risk and build resilience into food systems.

Why Open Data?• A world where knowledge creates power

for the many, not the few• A world where data frees us — to make

informed choices about how we live, what we buy and who gets our vote

• A world where information and insights are accessible — and apparent — to everyone

• This is the world we choose(Open Knowledge International https://okfn.org/)

“… research suggests that seven sectors alone could generate more than $3 trillion a year in additional value as a result of open data, which is already giving rise to

hundreds of entrepreneurial businesses and helping established companies to segment markets …”

Source: McKinsey Global Institute

"Making these data public will allow people to make their own assessments of the progress of

our Good Growth Plan. It is also blurring the traditional roles of business, government and

NGOs by highlighting our collective responsibility to address acute global

challenges. Above all, the data will be of value to farmers, enabling them to increase

productivity sustainably and to enhance their livelihoods."

"Open data has the power to solve our most challenging sustainability problems. … Agri-tech businesses have a big role to play in

finding novel solutions to these problems. … Syngenta is taking a step that puts them at the forefront of the open data movement in

their sector. We look forward to working with them to unlock benefits for farmers and

consumers worldwide."

Mike Mack, CEO of Syngenta (2015, for 1st GGP data release)

Jeni Tennison, Deputy CEO and CTO of the Open Data Institute

Open Data

http://www.godan.info

GODAN advocates that important datasets in

agriculture and nutrition should be considered global public goods and made be

available to everyone

What is GODAN

• Advocacy • Think Tank• Knowledge Network

322 partners30. July

8 Donors in the GODAN steering group

Issue Developing country farmer

Developed country farmer

Scale-appropriate mechanization Low or none High, precision ag

Inputs: seed, water, fertilizer (quality, timeliness, access) Unreliable Reliable

Labour (availability, cost, skill) Increasingly poor N/A

Outputs: yield/profit, markets (amount, access)

High variability, poor unit production

Low variability, high unit production

Impact of changing climate High Low-moderate

Potential to adapt/agility Low High

Infrastructure, credit, insurance… Poor High

Key challenges of farmers in developing countries

Issue Developing country farmer

Developed country farmer

Scale-appropriate mechanization Low or none High, precision ag

Inputs: seed, water, fertilizer (quality, timeliness, access) Unreliable Reliable

Labour (availability, cost, skill) Increasingly poor N/A

Outputs: yield/profit, markets (amount, access)

High variability, poor unit production

Low variability, high unit production

Impact of changing climate High Low-moderate

Potential to adapt/agility Low High

Infrastructure, credit, insurance… Poor High

http://guides.library.queensu.ca/infoneeds

Key challenges of farmers in developing countries

THE FAIR PRINCIPLEresources need to be

FindableAccessibleInteroperableReusable

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FAIRFAIR principle by Barend Mons, EC, EOSC

Bottom Line on Open Data

• Be accessible and curated

• Be available in a machine-readable format

• Have a licence that permits to access, use and share it

Arguments Against

• “Open data are good only for the big players”

• “Open data will create more data monopolies”

• “Research data are only in a specific context meaningful”

Role of different players• Management myopia• Research culture/incentives • Awareness/use of standards• Relevant

workflows/tools/skills• Hosting infrastructure• Who pays?• What merits making open?• Data

governance/sovereignty• Legal/commercial limitations• Personal privacy• “Do no harm” principle

Champion open data principles Establish, monitor & enforce

policies Respect and address legitimate

concerns Invest in improved standards,

methods, and tools Fund implementation through

program / project budgets Build awareness & capacities Build evidence of impact

Courtesy Stanley Wood , BMFG

GODAN addresses these Issues through working groups

i.e. data rights and responsibilitiesi.e. data infrastructurei.e. better technical, semantic and legal interoperabilityi.e data gaps in nutrition

OPEN DATA IN SCIENCE

Specific issues:

If networked science is to reach its potential,

scientists will have to embrace and reward the open

sharing of all forms of scientific knowledge, not just

traditional journal publication.

Networked science must be open science.’

Michael Nielsen (OKI)

Specific Issues with Research Data

• Data gets lost• Incentives, Responsibilities, Rights• What aggregation level be public?• Data is not equipped with metadata• Data is not published in a machine-

readable format• Data comes always more from the

field

Data Issues

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v43/n4/full/ng0411-281.html

OPEN DATA BENEFITS

Evidence:

..on the GODAN websitehttps://www.mfarm.co.ke/

https://esoko.com/about-us/our-story/

http://vam.wfp.org/

http://foodtrade.com/

https://www.votomobile.org

https://rfcx.org/

http://agrinfo.co.tz/

http://www.icow.co.ke/

http://agris.fao.org/

http://www.amis-outlook.org/

http://agris.fao.org

Courtesy: Fabrizio Celli

It is worthwhile to become GODAN partner !!!!!

We have to be thousands to make enough pressure on opening data!(list to be revised)● Participate to discuss and resolve open

questions● Learn from successes (and failures of others)● Bring your issues to the broader community● Become a GODAN champion and influence the

community● Use the GODAN context to find new Grants for

open data

322 partners30. July

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