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  • Joint meeting of the Community Advisory Board and the Steering Committee in June

    The members of the then newly elected Community Advisory Board were introduced at last year’s FAIRagro Community Summit and met for the first time. This year, the nine members of the body relevant to FAIRagro will meet in Berlin with the members of our Steering Committee on June 2 and 3 to reflect and discuss…

  • Sign now: the FAIRagro FAIRness and Openness Commitment

    Join us in advocating for FAIR research data management – for a FAIR data future in agriculture and beyond!

  • New workshop: Nagoya | Beyond borders: Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing

    Register now for the second part of our workshop series “Don’t panic! A Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in Research” on May 7, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

  • FAIRagro Talk – 2nd edition!

    2nd edition of our FAIRagro Talk on Monday, April 7. Get to know better what is happening in FAIRagro – everyone interested is welcome.

  • This has been the 2nd Use Case Call

    The 2nd FAIRagro Use Case Call started in January 2025 – the deadline was March 3rd at 6 pm. FAIRagro offers the opportunity to develop practical solutions for current RDM challenges in agricultural system research and to establish FAIR practices in the spirit of a national “One NFDI” with international impact. Flexible funding is used…

  • Creative workshop in Göttingen: Focus on research data

    Scientific writing meets research data management What should I do with my agricultural research data? This question is on the minds of many doctoral students – after all, a lot of work goes into research data and its sustainable handling is crucial for good scientific practice. But how do you document data in an understandable…

  • Job opportunity: FAIRagro Geodata Steward

    In the team “Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence” at JKI we are looking for a Geodata Steward for FAIRagro. Our data stewards support researchers in all questions of the data life cycle and provide them with further training. On the one hand, they are part of the Data Steward Service Center (DSSC), which acts as a…

  • Our Use Cases – now interactive!

    Do you need an overview of our Use Cases? Do you want to know what is actually done there, which resources are used, which Task Areas they work with or which working groups they interact with? Look no further: our interactive Use Ccase and Use Pilot overview is here! Simply click and get detailed information…

  • Great interest in the live Q&A for the 2nd Use Case Call

    It took place on February 6 – the public online presentation with the discussion and tips for a successful application at the second FAIRagro Use Case Call. Almost 30 participants attended and had the opportunity to ask their own questions and receive first-hand answers in the subsequent Q&A session. For all those who were unable…

  • Don’t panic! A Survival Guide for Law and Ethics in Research

    Do 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 infrastructure services for the consortium. One of the four workpackages of TA 4 is Measure 4.4: Scientific Workflow Infrastructure (SciWIn). An essential part of this work package is the conception and development of…

  • Comprehensive benchmark data set collection published in Use Case 5

    Use case 5 consolidated datasets into a benchmark for comprehensive field phenotyping, covering multiple vegetation periods, various spatial and temporal resolutions, and addressing a wide range of plant traits from major Central European crops. The data was carefully selected, curated, and enriched with detailed metadata.  1. Introduction Climate change, through shifts in temperature and precipitation…