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  1. Summary of the e-conversation "Digitalization and agroecology: a challenging marriage?"
    The Digital Agri Hub, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR), the University of British Columbia, and the Agroecology Coalition conducted an e-conversation on "Digitalization and agroecology: a challenging marriage?" from 17 July to 2 August 2023.  This document is a…
  2. Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Agriculture - Final technical report of the regional phase in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Final technical report of the regional phase in Latin America and the Caribbean of the Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Agriculture.
  3. Good practices for inclusion in the digital transformation of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
    In the context of the GFAR Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Transformation of Agriculture, FORAGRO and COPROFAM documented twenty-five cases of Inclusive Digital Agriculture practices in the region. These examples highlight the conditions necessary for incorporating digital technologies in…
  4. Current Scenario and Needs for the Development of an Inclusive Digital Agriculture Program for Latin America and the Caribbean
    [Available in English and Spanish] English: This paper explores the possibilities for strengthening agriculture, in particular small agriculture, often represented by family farming, with the use of digital technologies. Within the framework of the Collective Action on Inclusive Digital…
  5. Inclusive Digital Agriculture - BRIEF 2: FARMERS & DATA - Access to External Data for Smallholder Farm Use
    The second brief produced by GODAN for the Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Ag. This brief focuses on the challenges of accessing data useful to small-scale farmers, addressing the following questions: - What are the barriers that smallholder farmers face when trying to access data,…
  6. Inclusive Digital Agriculture - BRIEF 1: FARMERS & DATA - Ethical and legal considerations about data sharing aspects of smart farming, from the farmers’ perspective
    The first brief produced by GODAN for the Collective Action on Inclusive Digital Ag. This brief focuses on data sharing aspects of smart farming. The brief addresses the following questions:  - Why do farmers want / need to share data and with whom? - What are the challenges and risks that farmers…
  7. Vision and Strategic Plan for a Collective Action on Empowering Farmers through Equitable Data Sharing [PUBLIC DRAFT]
    This document is the final output of the 2018 Bonn expert consultation on "Ethical, legal and policy aspects of data sharing affecting farmers", organized by GFAR, GODAN and CTA, hosted by the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) and supported by the Kuratorium für Technik und…
  8. Summary of the e-consultation on “Ethical, legal and policy aspects of data sharing affecting farmers”
    This document is the report of the online consultation on “Ethical, legal and policy aspects of data sharing affecting farmers”, organized by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR), the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical…
  9. Digital and Data-Driven Agriculture: Harnessing the Power of Data for Smallholders
    Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are being used across the world to generate efficiency gains for farmers. This has led to an information and data explosion with an associated boom in new applications, tools, actors, business models, and entire industries. Agri-food systems are…
  10. Farmers, market participation and open data
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