Special Lunch hosted by GODAN, APAD, GCAN
1:30 – 3:00pm, 20 June
Spaces are limited at the lunch. Register with GODAN to be sure to get a seat.
andre.laperriere@godan
All farmers can innovate for sustainable food production and climate
GODAN (the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition) and
GCAN (the Global Conservation Agriculture Network)
will host a special lunch at GFIA Europe focused on innovation and inclusion.
Hear from a line-up of expert speakers on agriculture systems and innovations that bring today’s science and methods to all farmers around the world.
Speakers include:
Andre Laperriere
Executive Director, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)
Gérard Rass
General Secretary, APAD (Association for the Promotion of Conservation Agriculture – GCAN (Global Conservation Agriculture Network)
Aziz Zine El Abidine
Farmer in Meknes – AMAC (Moroccan Association of Conservation Agriculture)
Ben Schapp
Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)/ Wagenigen University
About GODAN:
• GODAN supports the proactive sharing of open data to make information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible and usable to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security.
• It is a rapidly growing group, currently with over 500 partners from high-level government, donors, international and not-for-profit organizations and businesses that have committed to a joint Statement of Purpose.
• The GODAN initiative was a by-product of the 2012 G-8 Summit, where leaders agreed to “share relevant agricultural data available from G-8 countries with African partners and convene an international conference on Open Data for Agriculture, to develop options for the establishment of a global platform to make reliable agricultural and related information available to African farmers, researchers and policymakers, taking into account existing agricultural data systems.”
• GODAN was formally announced at the Open Government Partnership Conference in October 2013.
• Any organization that supports open access to agriculture and nutrition data can join GODAN.
• GODAN partners support the shared principles based on GODAN’s Statement of Purpose
o Agricultural and nutritional data to be available, accessible, usable and unrestricted
o Partners aim to build high level policy and private sector support for open data
o Encourage collaboration and cooperation across existing agriculture, nutrition and open data activities and stakeholders to solve long-standing global problems
o GODAN partners commit to:
o Host regular conversations with our peer multilateral and local organisations to identify and share best practices and determine how to more effectively share data and provide useable analysis for local application
o Recruit new partners to GODAN
• GODAN is supported by a small secretariat hosted by CABI in Wallingford, UK.
• GODAN’s Steering Committee partners include: the US Government, the UK’s DFID, the Netherlands Government, the Open Data Institute, FAO, CTA, CABI, CGIAR and GFAR.
• GODAN’s working groups focus on well-defined thematic areas: soil, rice, capacity building and data infrastructures, data rights and interoperability challenges.
About GCAN :
. GCAN is the global network of farmers associations practicing, developing, and disseminating Conservation Agriculture, of scientists and experts.
. APAD is the French Association of Conservation Agriculture
. AMAC is the Moroccan association of Conservation Agriculture
. GCAN and its members associations have the objective of supporting improvement of efficiency and performance of local farmers communities.
This includes all necessary levels : recognition from local authorities, adaptation of policies, operational aspects, technical improvement, access to knowledge, technologies.
Networking between groups (farmers to farmers) is a mainstream for sharing knowledge and progresses.
Trainings by specialists and e-learning are other key tools.
. GCAN has published a Manifesto calling decision makers to promote Conservation Agriculture as the mainstream for agriculture to mitigate climate change and ensure sustainable food security, and to adopt efficient global policies, including Carbon finance mechanisms.
All organizations able and willing to support farmers capacitation are needed and welcome to support GCAN associations, in a bilateral or multilateral partnership.
GODAN and GCAN share a similar vision and the objectives to strengthen farmers local communities, to enable them to better provide sustainable production of food and nutrition for mankind, while maintaining and improving the resources of the planet.