{"id":13805,"date":"2020-03-05T09:35:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/griffithlibrary.wordpress.com\/?p=13805"},"modified":"2020-04-17T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T04:36:16","slug":"open-data-day-policies-and-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2020\/03\/05\/open-data-day-policies-and-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Data Day – Policies and governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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In our fourth\u202fblog\u202fleading up to\u00a0Open Data Day<\/a>\u00a0we focus on the objective \u201cto\u00a0encourage the adoption of open data policies in government, business and civil society\u201d. Our previous\u202fblog\u202fexplored the impact of government data available to researchers, but what about the data you create that is locked away in the technologies you use?\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Today we introduce guest\u202fblogger\u00a0Professor Leanne Wiseman<\/a>, who discusses the need for sound\u00a0data management policies and governance frameworks to be adopted by agricultural technology providers that will facilitate the better management and sharing of agricultural data,\u00a0and also\u00a0provide for the portability\u202fof that data so\u202f farmers are not locked into one particular technology provider.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Today\u2019s modern farms create a huge amount of agricultural data, including data about the types of crops growing, their yields, livestock numbers and locations, types of fertilisers and pesticides being used, soil types, rainfall and more.\u202f\u202f\u202fDigital farming machinery, sensors and buildings featuring robotics and digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and IOT on farms are collecting increasing volumes of agricultural data.\u202f\u202fThis data has been considered by many to provide an opportunity:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n