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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE GLASGOW FOOD AND CLIMATE DECLARATION HERE . In November 2021, just 6 months from now, Glasgow City will host nearly 200 governments for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The climate...Read more
18/05/2021
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Social eating initiatives are an increasingly popular way of providing meals for the public in the UK. These organisations provide a limited menu of low-cost meals prepared using food surpluses and serve meals communally to improve social inclusion. The value...Read more
17/05/2021
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Sabina Lionelli and Hugh Williamson, who are currently responsible for the joint Exeter University/ Turing Institute research project From Field Data to Global Indicators will be coming to speak to us about their work. The Webinar, titled Making Crop Data...Read more
15/04/2021
The UN FAO, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the Pan African Farmers Organization (PAFO) have just launched a new publication on Farm data management, sharing and services for agriculture development . The publication aims to...Read more
12/04/2021
The annual Middle East Food Security Expo and Summit (FOODSEC) , took place from 24-25 March 2021. The event provides an inter-regional platform, presenting developments in Food Security at all levels; from local, to global markets and from an interdisciplinary...Read more
09/04/2021
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are currently mapping initiatives in order to better understand what is going on in the AgTech space in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA). Please take a few minutes to fill in the Airtable...Read more
01/04/2021
In celebration of International Women's Day 2021 and Open Data Day 2021, GODAN and Unique Mappers teamed up to present an event bringing together these two important topics and exploring gender equality in data technologies in West Africa. Despite women...Read more
30/03/2021
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Hidden hunger is a growing issue in developed economies. According to UK food policy charity Sustain, an estimated 8.4 million people in the UK struggle to get enough to eat, a situation that will likely worsen due to the effects...Read more
17/03/2021
The prevalence of “Internet of Things” (IoT) technologies in agriculture over recent years has inevitably led to an increase of farm data collection, with ag-tech companies vying to service customers, and by extension harvest the accompanying data. Development of increasingly...Read more
25/02/2021
Effective management of diabetes, a chronic metabolic non-communicative disease, is a worldwide public health priority. According to 2019 OECD health figures, over 425 million people are currently living with the condition across the globe, with the majority in low and...Read more
24/02/2021