Big Data in Agriculture Convention of 2017: An Alliance for a Data Revolution
(World News Science)

The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is hosting its first annual congress, taking place in Cali, Colombia, 19 to 22 September 2017. The Big Data in Agriculture Convention of 2017: An Alliance for a Data Revolution will be hosted with the aim to align the international scientific community to inspire a data revolution and to celebrate the intersection of big data and agriculture. The event will be hosted by CIAT, and gather together experts from the IT industry, scientists, policy makers and more. They will discuss ways in which big data can transform smallholder agriculture, enabling farmers to boost food production...