CIARD/RING, GODANTowards Open Knowledge

ARD Prasad

Indian Statistical Institute

Bangalore

If agricultural knowledge is freely available …

It will contribute to reducing hunger

CIARDCoherence in Information for Agricultural Research for

Development

A movement towards open agricultural knowledge

By aligning the efforts of various national, regional & international institutions

Better connections would lead to better resource sharing

CIARD movement was initiated in 2008 to …

Promote open access to agricultural knowledge Establish international standards for data interoperability Devise tools for better resource sharing and collaboration

Towards a Knowledge Commons on Agricultural

Research for Development

Historical Developments

AGRIS (1975 – )

Fertile Ground Study (2003) Towards improving online agricultural information services

Global.RAIS (2003 -) Global Alliance of Regional Agricultural Information Systems

SIST (2003 –)Système d'information scientifique et technique: to improve access to African research

CGIAR:(2004 -)Consultative Group on International Ag. Research

IISAST(2005-2007): International Information Systems for Ag. Science and Technology

Pathways

The CIARD Pathways provide an introduction to the ways in which research outputs can be made more

available,

accessible and

applicable (the 3As) for the stakeholders

3 Groups of PathwaysGroup 1: Enabling the institutional environment for openness and sharing of research information and knowledge

Introducing the ways in which institutional culture and capacity can be developed in order to achieve the 3As.

Group 2: Making research information and data more available and accessible

Covering Open Access, institutional repositories, and the growing importance of ‘linked data’

Group 3: Fostering knowledge exchange amongst different stakeholders

Sharing information and knowledge with peers and other stakeholder groups, and using different media to stimulate innovation

Types of Data Shared

Bibliographical descriptions for research outputs(AGRIS)

Standards, protocols, tools, datasets, events(CIARD Ring, AgriFeeds)

Plant genetic resources(SINGER,GENESYS)

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators(ASTI)

Agricultural factsheets and e-books(CABI)

Land-use maps(INRA Morocco)

Remote Sensing Data(AREA Yemen)

CIARD Indian Participants• Agricultural Economics Research Association

• Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture

• Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India

• Directorate of medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research

• Directorate of Rice Research

• Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry. Satyanand Stokes Library

• Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute

• Indian Agriculture Research Institute

CIARD Participants -- India

•Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, India• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur• Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality• International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)• Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI)• Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India• National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, India• Sugarcane Breeding Institute• University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

RINGRoutemap to Information Nodes and Gateways

Principal tool created through the CIARD movement to allow information providers to register their services in various categories and so facilitate the discovery of sources of agriculture-related information across the world.

CIARD RING

Functions of the RING

to provide a map of accessible information sources with instructions on how they can be searched effectively;

to provide a dataset sharing platform for agriculture;

to provide examples of services that show good practices on implementing “interoperability”;

to clarify the level and mode of interoperability of information services;

to provide instructions for building enhanced integrated services that repackage information in different ways (refer to the CIARD Pathways of the 2nd and 3rd group)

Users of RING

agricultural information professionals and website developers

consumers of agricultural information

AIMSAgricultural Information Management Standards

Working to enhance coherence in information management standards, tools and methodologies, and assure interoperability of data and information systems worldwide.

Functions of AIMS

To disseminate good practices on how to best manage, disseminate, share and exchange information;

To foster a community of practice centered on interoperability and reusability of information and cooperation between information specialists; and

To support the implementation of structured and linked information to enable institutions and individuals to build open and interoperable information systems.

AIMS

Users of AIMS

AIMS is primarily intended for information professionals from different technical backgrounds — librarians, information managers, software developers — but is also of interest to those who are simply passionate about knowledge and information sharing.

Benefits of using AIMS

facilitates discovery of good practices designed to be widely applicable and easy to implement;

provides a space to access and discuss agricultural information management standards, tools and methodologies;

allows agricultural information workers worldwide to connect and share by registering in AIMS.

GODANGlobal Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition

GODAN Initiative, launched in October 2013

efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant data available, accessible, and usable for unrestricted use of open data.

GODAN seeks to

reach out to the private sector and to innovation start-ups.

identify policy constraints affecting the full gamut of open data stakeholders, from technical providers to users

foster collaboration amongst its varied partners on projects related to the opening of

GODAN:ObjectivesAdvocate for new and existing open data initiatives

focussing on agriculture and nutrition data

Encourage the agreement on and release of a common set of agricultural and nutrition data

Enhance awareness of related ongoing activities, innovations, and good practices

Advocate for collaborative efforts on future agriculture and nutrition open data endeavours

Advocate programs, good practices and lessons learned that enable the use of open data particularly by and for the rural and urban poor.

AgriFeeds

http://www.agrifeeds.org

a service that allows users to search and filter

news and events from several agricultural

information sources

CIARD: http://www.ciard.net/To become a CIARD partner: information@ciard.net

CIARDRING: Directory of info. services & datasets in agriculture. http://ring.ciard.net

GODANhttp://godan.info

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