19th March 2017
Image of Kiringai Kamau - Executive Director at CANIS, University of Nairobi; Andrea Powell - Chief Information Officer - CABI; André Laperrière - Executive Director, GODAN

GODAN’s 3rd International Workshop on Creating Impact with Open Data

The Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) is a worldwide network of institutions and governments supporting open data within the agriculture and nutrition space. LDRI […]
20th September 2016
An artists representation of the discussions in one of the GODAN 2016 sessions.

3 Things We Need for Open Data to Count in Agriculture

Agriculture and nutrition open data, especially its role in supporting progress towards the achievement of SDG2, formed the central theme of this year’s GODAN Summit in New […]
25th June 2016

R&D Critical for Agricultural Transformation

Africa relies on rain fed agriculture to feed its people and millions of others around the world. Rain, however, isn’t always the most reliable partner in […]
12th May 2016

Using Insurance to Build Resilience

Located within the drought-prone Sahel region, Senegal is heavily reliant on rain fed agriculture despite the irregular rainfall that characterizes the region making resilience building a […]
10th May 2016

Resilience Won’t Be Achieved Without Sustained Investment

China was the most disaster-affected country in 2014, with drought, storms and flooding affecting more than 58 million people and economic damages of 23.17 billion US […]
11th April 2016

Revitalising CAADP Implementation: The Case of Kenya

The challenge of food security is one that successive Kenyan government administrations have grappled with since independence. With only 10.2% of arable land in Kenya, discussions on food […]