About FAIRagro
The FAIRagro consortium with more than 30 partners is building a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) research data management system for the agrosystems research community. We are developing the right tools and workflows to lay the foundations for sustainable crop production – now and in the future.
2nd Use Case Call – apply now!
Application open until 6 PM on March 3, 2025
All you need to know and the respective documents can be found here.
Latest News
- Great interest in the live Q&A for the 2nd Use Case CallIt took place on February 6 – the public online presentation with the discussion and tips for a successful application at the… Read more: Great interest in the live Q&A for the 2nd Use Case Call
- New! FAIRagro TalkMonday Motivation – monthly, every 1st Monday at 2 pm, online. Get to know better what is happening in FAIRagro – everyone interested is welcome.
- Don’t panic! A Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in ResearchDo you need a solid knowledge base for the numerous legal and ethical decisions in your everyday life as a researcher? Then you’ve come to the right place! Attend our new entertaining workshop series starting April 8 and learn everything you need to know to tackle legal issues without accidents.
- SciWIn-Client – what is it actually?Better, easier, more beautiful work … what stressed researcher wouldn’t want that? Task Area 4 of FAIRagro develops and provides the central… Read more: SciWIn-Client – what is it actually?
- Comprehensive benchmark data set collection published in Use Case 5Use case 5 consolidated datasets into a benchmark for comprehensive field phenotyping, covering multiple vegetation periods, various spatial and temporal resolutions, and… Read more: Comprehensive benchmark data set collection published in Use Case 5
- New Co-Spokesperson: Harald von WaldowAs of January 1, 2025, Harald von Waldow (Thünen Institute) is Co-Spokesperson of FAIRagro. Harald von Waldow replaces his predecessor Florian Hoedt… Read more: New Co-Spokesperson: Harald von Waldow
Our mission
We establish an interoperable and scalable RDI by connecting available repositories to make research data FAIR. We facilitate combined data analyses and establish a multilevel support system by setting up a Data Steward Service Center. We provide guidelines and information material, and focus on knowledge transfer for agrosystem researchers. FAIRagro addresses quality and legal security challenges beyond the FAIR principles.
Our aims are accomplished by close collaboration with other NFDI consortia and the national and international community. We advance NFDI ambitions with expertise and approaches for legal data security challenges, stakeholder involvement and RDIs for highly interdisciplinary and multi-scale research in a field of high societal relevance.
Our objectives
FAIRagro will develop an interoperable and scalable research data infrastructure for agrosystems research.
Partners
FAIRagro comprises partners with excellent disciplinary expertise and with many years of experience in research data management.
What the FAIRagro community says
In the FAIRagro workshop “Legal Status Quo”, the special copyright features of research data were highlighted and researchers were sensitised in particular to the practical application of the legal provisions relevant to them. Based on concrete practical examples, a lively discussion developed after each presentation, which ensured the active participation of the participants. The mixture of short impulses on topics such as CC licences, good scientific practice and legal aspects of AI was very successful.
Vasilka Stoilova, LL.M., University of Mannheim
Until the “Legal Status Quo” workshop, I had little to do with the FAIRagro project as a consultant for technology transfer and law, but I registered out of interest and because the ATB is a participant in the consortium. It was a very successful workshop with stimulating discussions between the informative keynote speeches. I learnt a lot about copyright and the use of CC licences – in particular that the research data that our scientists collect and analyse is not protected by copyright per se. I was also impressed by the insight into the work and the associated challenges of a joint repository for the agricultural sciences.
Thank you for letting me get a taste of your work and for the great organisation, Lea.
Larissa Raatz, ATB Potsdam
From a data scientist’s perspective, legal issues relating to data are very important. However, they are not always given sufficient attention and are perhaps sometimes perceived as a little daunting. The workshop “Legal Status Quo of FAIRagro Partners” gave me an overview of the issue of licensing research data with great speakers. It was understandable and I admit – interesting and entertaining.
Dr. Kai Radtke, DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum
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