Decoding the Data Ecosystem: Big Data in Agriculture Convention of 2018 & Inspire Challenge Grant Winners
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The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is hosting its second annual congress — The 2018 Big Data in Agriculture Convention: Decoding the Data Ecosystem — in Nairobi, Kenya, 3 to 5 October 2018.
More than 400 delegates will tackle how the data “ecosystem” for food security can integrate more effectively with real global agricultural ecosystems.
More than 130 leading experts in data science, research scientists, policy makers and Kenyan farmers will be speaking on the problems and solutions related to data-driven approaches to multi-scale food systems, landscapes, ecosystem services, and the special role of animal science, in building resilient food systems worldwide.
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