OPEN DATA MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION COURSE



This free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition was first created in 2016. The course was delivered 5 times between November 2017 and November 2018, reaching over 5000 people globally, before being made available for unrestricted use



GODAN would like to thank GODAN Action partners, including Wageningen Environmental Research (WUR), AgroKnow, AidData, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the Land Portal, the Open Data Institute (ODI) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA).



The course is also available in English, DOI registered through Zenodo, in Gitbook format.



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ACCESS ONLINE COURSE HERE - spanish

OPEN DATA MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION

Click on the individual course module titles to view and download in .pdf format.



UNIT 1 - OPEN DATA PRINCIPLES


Lesson 1:1 What is Open Data


Lesson 1:2 Ethics in Open Data Lifecycle


UNIT 2 - USING OPEN DATA


Lesson 2:1 Discovering Open Data a


Lesson 2:2 Quality and Provenance


Lesson 2:3 Data Analysis and Visualisation


Lesson 2:4 Open Data in Policy Cycles


Lesson 2:5 Referencing Data


UNIT 3: MAKING OPEN DATA


Lesson 3:1 Managing Datasets


Lesson 3:2 Managing Dynamic Datasets


Lesson 3:3 Creating and Managing Open Data Repositories


Lesson 3:4 Advocate for Capacity Development on Open Data


Annex 3:4: Farm Advice Through Open Weather Data


Lesson 3:5 Developing Strategies for Implementing Open Data Plans


Slides – How open data on land rights can improve global food security and nutrition


UNIT 4: SHARING OPEN DATA


Lesson 4:1 Guiding Frameworks for Data Sharing


Lesson 4:2 Introduction to Data Interoperability


Lesson 4:3 Structural and Architectural Interoperability


Lesson 4:4 Semantic Interoperability


Lesson 4:4:1 Using Published Semantics for Agronomic Data


UNIT 5: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COPYRIGHT


Lesson 5:1 Intellectual Property Rights


Lesson 5:2 Licencing Open Data


THE AUTHORS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THE COURSE CONTENT ARE (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY NAME);



  • Alan Stanley, IDS
  • Hugo Besemer, formerly of WUR
  • Chipo Msengezi, CTA
  • Chris Addison, CTA
  • David Tarrant, ODI
  • Ilkay Holt, FAO
  • Imma Subirats, FAO
  • Jessica Meeker, IDS
  • Laura Meggiolaro, Land Portal
  • Lisette Mey, Land Portal
  • Pauline L'Henaff, ODI
  • Valeria Pesce, FAO
  • Rob Lokers, WUR



  • GODAN Action was funded by the UK Department for International Development.

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