The new ICT Update is now online: Open data benefits for agriculture and nutrition

The CTA ICT Update 84th issue is now online. The new issue focuses entirely on open data for agriculture and nutrition. Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone. There is an enormous amount of data and open data but its potential and opportunities are not yet fully exploited. This issue of ICT Update will explore different ways of using open data for agricultural or nutritional purposes. Discover this issue entirely online on the ICT Update website. Here is an overview of the different topics covered in this issue. Enjoy the reading!

• Actions to turn the power of open data into real impact by Sander Janssen and Sjoerd Croqué
• Kenya opens up agricultural data by Muchiri Nyaggah
• The impact of open data on smallholder farmers by CTA, GODAN, PAFO
• Boosting data innovations and entrepreneurship by Ken Lohento
• Translating complex data into accessible articles by Chris Addison
• Research facilitating open data by Sander Janssen
• Responsible data revolution by Zara Rahman and Lindsay Ferris
• Gender and open data: Is there an app for that? By Charlotte Ørnemark
• Gender data for gender equality by Davis Adieno
• Healthy choices by Evert-jan Quak
• Storytelling through data visualisations by Ulrich Atz