Dear colleagues,

Might be of interest.

GODAN ThinkTank on “Open geo data and open tools to achieve food security and sustainable agriculture for SDG 2030”

18th of April 2018 (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)

University of Leicester, UK

The objectives of the ThinkTank are

To provide a forum for stakeholders in UK universities to share knowledge and propose strategies on improving the use of open data, open educational resources , open tools etc with the aim to expand Capacity Building and Training in AgriGIS to support Global Food Security.
Make use this opportunity to build upon the ideas from GODAN ThinkTanks in Nairobi 2016 , Washington 2017 and aim to discuss ideas on how to synergise efforts for Open Geo Data and Open Tools to achieve food security and sustainable agriculture for SDG 2030;
Present the key outputs from the GODAN Local Farming Challenge 2017 [1] , Outputs from GODAN Ministerial Conference 2017 to give the background work till now.
Present background and discussions on “The role of science, technology and innovation in ensuring food security by 2030” at the Twentieth Session of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development [2].
Examples of recent AgriGIS research - e.g. Geospatial binding for transdisciplinary research in crop science: the GRASPgfs initiative - will be shared and explore opportunities for future collaborative research in AgriGIS.

The ThinkTank is open to all interested GISRUK participants.

Best wishes,

Suchith

Dr Suchith Anand