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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture Convention

Campus of the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)

ICRAF Road

Nairobi, Kenya

October 3 to 5, 2018

  • 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Africa/Nairobi)
  • 12:00 – 2:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 9:30 – 11:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI Staff are participating in the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture co-hosted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) taking place October 3-5, 2018 at the Campus of the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya.

This convention is the second yearly event to bring together the people and organizations that make the Platform for Big Data successful. Three days of focused, action-based discussion to find commonalities across research institutes, governments, and private organizations sets the stage for a productive and data-driven year ahead!

We look forward to you joining us for a lively week on this year’s theme: “Decoding the Data Ecosystem.” We’ll dive into ways the data ecosystem for food security can integrate with real ecosystems worldwide, from the global to the local, across public, private, and non-profit goods.

IFPRI Participants:

What is the CGIAR Platform For Big Data in Agriculture? (October 3, 2018  9:00am —  9:30pm)

Decoding Data Issues (October 3, 2018 — 11:20am – 12:05pm)

  • Medha Devare, Senior Research Fellow & Module Lead, IFPRI/Big Data Platform

Decoding the Language of Data  (October 3, 2018 — 5:30pm – 6:00pm)

Tensions of the Data Ecosystem: Intro (October 4, 2018 — 8:30am – 8:45am)

  • Medha Devare, Senior Research Fellow & Module Lead, IFPRI/Big Data Platform

What can a CoP do for me? (October 4, 2018 — 11:45am – 12:15pm)

Best Practices on Electronic Data Capture (October 4, 2018 —  4:15pm – 5:05pm)

The World at Your Fingertips: Democratization of Earth Observation (October 4, 2018 —  4:15pm – 5:05pm)

What’s new in Ontology CoP?  (October 4, 2018 —  5:10pm – 6:00pm)

Why you Need to code for Geospatial Data Science (October 4, 2018 —  5:10pm – 6:00pm)

Tool Exchange  (October 5, 2018 — 7:30am – 8:30am)

2018 Inspire Challenge Finalist Pitches (October 5, 2018 —  4:15pm – 5:30pm)

 

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