Farm Data Management MOOC
  • Farm Data Management, Sharing and Services for Agriculture Development Online Course
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  • Unit 1: Data, Services and Applications
    • Lesson 1.1 Data for Agriculture
    • Lesson 1.2 Farmer Level Data and Farmer Profiling
    • Audiovisual Materials
  • Unit 2: Data Sharing Principles
    • Lesson 2.1 What is Shared and Open Data
    • Lesson 2.2 Challenges for Smallholders in Data Value Chains
    • Lesson 2.3 Responsible Data Sharing in Agricultural Value Chains
    • Lesson 2.4 Personal Data Protection
    • Audiovisual Materials
  • Unit 3: Using Data
    • Lesson 3.1 Discovering Open Data
    • Lesson 3.2 Quality and Provenance
    • Lesson 3.3 Data Analysis and Visualization
    • Lesson 3.4 Open Data in Policy Cycles
    • Audiovisual Materials
  • Unit 4: Exposing Data
    • Lesson 4.1 Managing Data for Reuse
    • Lesson 4.2 Guiding Frameworks for Data Sharing
    • Lesson 4.3 Introduction to Data Interoperability
    • Lesson 4.4 Interoperability of Farm Data
    • Lesson 4.5 Open Licensing for Data
    • Audiovisual Materials
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Unit 2: Data Sharing Principles

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Learning objectives

This Unit focuses on the topics of principles and benefits of shared data; the potential of using and publishing data in agriculture; responsible data sharing practices for farm data; ethical and legal sensitivities of data-driven services; and data protection. At the end of this unit, you will be able to:

  • Understand the principles and benefits of data sharing

  • Recognize the potential of using and publishing open data in agriculture and nutrition

  • Identify the steps to advocate for open data policies, in both public and private sectors

  • Be aware of the economic and social value of open data

  • Address and / or raise awareness of the specific data challenges that smallholder farmers face

  • Assess the ethical and legal sensitivities of data-driven services where farmers’ data is shared through the value chain

  • Evaluate issues of data ownership and data rights regarding farm data

  • Assess the different roles of public and private data sources and the different challenges in reusing them in services for farmers