11 November at 14:00 GMT
Key debates on the future of open and FAIR data, open access publishing, research collaboration, equity, policies and frameworks

UPDATE:  see link to Youtube recording below

 

The world’s growing population will need more and better food, from less farmable land, being produced by fewer farmers, in a far more volatile and changing climate. A more efficient and equitable agricultural system, in harmony with the environment, requires a step-change in how research is conducted and how its outputs and data are shared.

Opening up agricultural research and data is key to accelerating new discoveries and translating them into practice in the field. Other scientific disciplines have adopted open science but agriculture, although making some progress, is lagging behind.

This webinar debates the benefits and opportunities inherent in “open agriculture” and also reviews some of the obstacles to change:

• Incentive structures for academic researchers perpetuate a restrictive and closed approach, discouraging early data sharing, with low uptake of preprint and data-sharing initiatives

• The majority of agricultural research is still published in pay-walled journals which have established impact factors, copyright transfer, and perverse incentive schemes

• The corporate sector conducts important research and development, but commercial constraints inhibit more open sharing of data and insights

• How can open agricultural knowledge and data improve development outcomes for women?

• Open science presents both opportunities and challenges for researchers in low- and middle-income countries

• What would be the ideal open frameworks for agriculture?

Join us on 11 November at 14:00 GMT.

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Instructions for joining this Zoom webinar will be shared nearer the date.

A recording of the webinar will be made available to registrants after the event.

 

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Video recording available on Youtube