Opening up agricultural research and data: What does ā€œopen agricultureā€ mean for international development organizations?

Welcome to the third and final blog of this series. CABI recently hosted a webinar on Opening up agricultural research and data with a great panel of expert speakers who highlighted some of the many opportunities inherent in ā€œopen agricultureā€ (click here to view the webinar). In the first blog of the series, I looked…
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Opening up agricultural research and data: Considering ā€œopen agricultureā€ from the researchersā€™ point of view

Welcome to the second blog of this series. CABI recently hosted a webinar on Opening up agricultural research and data with a great panel of expert speakers who highlighted some of the many opportunities inherent in ā€œopen agricultureā€ (click here to view the webinar). In the first blog of the series, I looked at how…
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Opening up agricultural research and data: How do funders and the corporate sector see the potential of ā€œopen agricultureā€?

We all know that the worldā€™s growing population will need more and better food, from less farmable land, being produced by fewer farmers, in a far more volatile and changing climate. A more efficient and equitable agricultural system, in harmony with the environment, requires a step-change in how research is conducted andā€Æhow its outputs and…
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Global research efforts tackle food security.

On January 28, Dave Simpson wrote on Hand picked (ā€˜Redesigning the global food systemā€™) about the recent release of the Foresight report, The Future of Food and Farming, which argues for fundamental change to the global food system if a rapidly expanding global population is to be fed over the next 40 years. On 10…
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Climate change ā€“ good news for agricultural research?

The agricultural research drought – in need of a little climate change? This morning, office banter here at CABI turned to the post 9/11 affliction that affected newspaper and magazine columnists for many months, if not several years, after the event. For quite some time it seemed almost impossible to read a  Sunday supplement without…
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