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Big Data in Food and Agriculture — Farming is undergoing a digital revolution. Our existing review of current Big Data applications in the agri-food sector has revealed several collection and analytics tools that may have implications for relationships of power between players in the food system (e.g. between farmers and large corporations) -2016
Data models to GO-FAIR — Nature Genetics - This journal and Scientific Data are calling for submissions containing linked open data models that embody and extend the FAIR principles: that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by both humans and machines. These principles are achievable with existing resources, languages and vocabularies to enable computers to combine and reanalyze data sets automatically and lead humans to new discoveries - 2017
How Big Data And Tech Will Improve Agriculture, From Farm To Table — According to McKinsey & Company, about a third of food produced is lost or wasted every year. Globally, that’s a $940 billion economic hit. Inefficiencies in planting, harvesting, water use and trucking, as well as uncertainty about weather, pests, consumer demand and other intangibles contribute to the loss [...] These are problems desperately in need of solutions and many of those solutions can be found in emerging technologies. -2017
Reward, reproducibility and recognition in research - the case for going Open — The coin in the realm of any research remains the publication of novel results in a high impact journal – despite known issues with the Journal Impact Factor. This elusive goal has led to many problems in the research process: from hyperauthorship to high levels of retractions, reproducibility problems and 'cherry picking' of results. [...] Increased calls to open research up and provide a greater level of transparency have started to yield practical real solutions. -2016
Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Agriculture Scholars — In 2016-2017 Ithaka S+R examined the changing research methods and practices of academic agriculture scholars in the United States, with the goal of identifying services to better support them. The goal of this report is to provide actionable findings for the organizations, institutions, and professionals who support the research process of agriculture studies. - 2017
“Paging Dr. Fraud”: The Fake Publishers That Are Ruining Science — New Yorker article on publishing fraud in science, with two related stories: the Wroclaw experiment in promoting the credentials of a non-existent scientist for service on journal editorial boards and the termination of Jeffrey Beall's list of predatory publishers. - 2017
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