What if all European research could be made available to everyone, for free? How about making all scientific outcomes that EU taxpayers fund a common, shared resource that may fuel innovation from the public and private sector? Is it possible [...]
As the phrase “data is the new oil” becomes more and more popular, there is also much uncertainty about the impact of data governance and sharing models. There is a variety of sharing models that have different degrees of openness, [...]
As part of the Ontario Open Agri-Food Data meetup that we have co-organised in Canada earlier this year, we had the opportunity to meet with a range of academics from the University of Guelph and staff from Grey County to [...]
One of the fun things we did during our visit to Ontario this September was our meeting with Canada's first NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges: Dr. Mike Duncan. With a specialization in Precision Agriculture and Environmental Technologies, the five-year [...]
Two months ago the 1st AgroHackathon caught the eye of the Agroknow team, and of course the initial reaction was: “Agroknow should definitely be a part of such an event organized for the first time, worldwide!”. Of course we could [...]
From Crete, to London, to Sofia. I feel that during the past 30 days, some tectonic movements took place in our area of work. Our Open Harvest came first, assembling and connecting 30 handpicked experts from around the world. Offering them an oportunity and [...]
While writing this, I am on the plane for home and trying to adjust from the summer weather of Cape Town to the chilly weather of Athens. But most of all, I am trying to digest a wealth of ideas, [...]