# Unit 1: Data, Services and Applications ![](https://3045014881-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M-Jra7gchMCih2Q14kQ%2F-M-Q6aiVFIFSq1pazMLh%2F-M-Q728acx3n5SOJWYwI%2FPicture%201.png?alt=media\&token=f287e71b-1f9c-40b9-a104-45775c33336c) ## **Learning objectives** This Unit covers the topics of value of data in agriculture to support farmers, increase their income and develop food production; digital farmer profiling and the strategies to design business model for profiling. At the end of this unit, you will be able to: * Understand the value of data in agriculture to support farmers, increase their income and develop food production. * Identify the type of services that data enables Understand characteristics of global data and farm-level data Identifying key datasets in farming crop cycles * Understand how and why farm-level data can be collected and exploited * Understand the importance for farmer groups and cooperatives to profile their members * Identify the core components and the partners required to put in place a profiling platform * Understand the challenges related to farmer profiling * Design a business model to sustain the profiling members --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://aims.gitbook.io/farm-data-mooc/unit-1-data-services-and-applications.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.