IGAD Community of Practice rev-002

The Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) came to life in Gothenburg (Göteborg, Sweden) in 2013 at the beginning of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), and has since grown to include over 260 registered members, from across continents. IGAD is a domain-oriented interest group working on all issues related to food and agricultural data. It represents stakeholders in managing data for food and agricultural research and innovation, including producing, aggregating and consuming data.

Beyond this, IGAD promotes good practices and RDA Recommendations in the research domain, including data sharing policies, data management plans, and data interoperability. As a forum for sharing experiences and providing visibility to research and work in food and agricultural data, IGAD has become a space for networking and blending ideas related to data management and interoperability. It also provides fertile ground to reach out and promote projects among other international organizations and institutions working in food and agricultural research and innovation. On a logistical level, one of IGAD’s chief roles is to serve as a platform that leads to the creation of domain-specific Working Groups.

For more information on why IGAD should transition to become the “Improving Global Agricultural Data” Community of Practice, view the “Objectives” section of our proposal. Benefits and alignment with RDA goals are described below under the Value Proposition Section 2. User scenario(s) or use case(s) the CoP wishes to address.

IGAD20COP20proposal.pdf

IGAD20CoP20Support20Letter20-20Syngenta-signed.pdf

Godan2020signed20letterhead.pdf

Rothamsted20IGAD20CoP20Support20Letter.pdf