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Register now: FAIRagro opens a new lecture series at HEF Academy on Oct. 16
This winter semester, the HEF Academy (Hans Eisenmann Forum for Agricultural Sciences at the Technical University of Munich) has chosen “Digital Growth: Data in Agriculture and Research” as its focus topic: Digital data is increasingly shaping how agriculture is practiced and agricultural research is conducted. A four-part online lecture series will explore why data plays
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Workshop on “Organization of data and Files” at DBFZ
On September 17, the FAIRagro workshop “Organization of Data and Files” took place at the Deutsche Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) in Leipzig. A total of 16 participants from both the DBFZ and various Leipzig government agencies engaged in lively discussions with Elena Ray Mazón and Wahib Sahwan from the FAIRagro DSSC (Data Steward Service Center) – the
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FAIRagro @ IB Symposium 2025
At the International Symposium on Integrative Bioinformatics (IB Symposium 2025), hosted by FAIRagro Co-applicant IPK Gatersleben, FAIRagro presented strategies for community engagement and FAIR service solutions alongside international and national partners. Over three days of lectures, flash talks, round tables, and poster sessions, FAIRagro service and community experts engaged in dialogue with representatives of leading
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Two new Workshops from our “Don’t panic!…” Series
As part of our legal workshop series “Don’t panic! A Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in Research,” we are pleased to announce two new workshops: On October 7, “CARE-ing about Indigenous Data in a Wide World” will focus on indigenous data sovereignty, governance, and ethics, and how the CARE principles can be applied in
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Use Case 12: Publication of a new study
As part of FAIRagro Use Case 12 “Linking Agrosystem Data with Socio-Economic Information”, a new peer-reviewed publication has been produced and published in the German Journal of Agricultural Economics. The title: “Using Cubic Splines in Crop Insurance Models – A Replication Study”. This study has two approaches: First, it replicates the work of Bucheli et
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This has been CoRDI 2025
On August 26, the time had come: The second edition of the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI) opened its doors at RWTH University in Aachen. Until August 28, there was an extensive program to experience, with interesting keynotes, exciting lectures, two poster sessions, and a market of opportunities. Greater knowledge through better use of
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FAIRagro and the JKI Datacube
In the new “PFG Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science,“ colleagues from FAIRagro and FAIRagro co-applicant Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) describe in their article ”Big Geodata and Spatial Data Infrastructures: a Perspective of a German Authority” how the JKI Data Cube contributes to the research data infrastructure in Germany through FAIRagro—a practical example
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FAIRagro Data Quality Tool – what’s it all about?
In Task Area 3 “Standardization, Interoperability and Quality” Sven Gedicke and his team are developing “Light-weight algorithms for in-field data quality assessment in agricultural science”. A long term – comprehensibly explained by Sven Gedicke in our new interview. Enjoy reading and watching his presentation on DIGICROP 2025.
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A new Use Case has started on August 1st
We did already announce it – in the second round of “Use Case Calls”, 11 applications for use case projects and a further 5 for use case pilots were submitted. Following completion of the review process, two use cases with a strong inter-consortial and interdisciplinary focus will be funded in this round, one of which
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Ready for testing: The FAIRagro Search Hub is online!
What is the FAIRagro Search Hub? It brings together data sets from the various areas of agricultural systems research (primarily plants, soil and the environment). The aim is to promote the implementation of the FAIR principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability) in the field of agricultural research. The Search Hub is not a repository of
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FAIRagro Plenary 2025 – Save the Date!
We are looking forward to our annual FAIRagro project meeting from September 29 to October 1, 2025 – especially to a face-to-face reunion with all project stakeholders. We will show and discuss our project progress through posters or live demos, prepare dynamic breakout sessions on key topics of our consortium and there will be internal
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NFDI Talk with Björn Usadel – now on Video
As part of the “NFDI Talk” series of events, Björn Usadel (TA 4 – Infrastructure Services) presented the exciting topic of FAIR Digital Objects on July 21 at 4 pm: FAIR Digital Objects – infrastructure agnostic research data life cycle in agro system sciences. For all those who missed it or were otherwise busy, here