Relevant data management support when you need it: The CIAT-CCAFS Data Management Support Pack

by Leroy Mwanzia | Aug 22, 2018

Testing GHGs. Photos: G. Smith (CIAT). Every once in a while everybody needs a helping hand, and this is no different when it comes to researchers and data management. Data management can be a challenging and sometimes overlooked aspect of a research project. This is...

Opinion: Without open data, there’s no big data for smallholder agriculture | Medium

by Leroy Mwanzia | Mar 1, 2018

A cow on grazing land in Huila, in the Colombian Andes. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT The op-ed was originally posted on Medium. Afew weeks ago, I spoke at a big data and open data event in Ethiopia. On the first day, William Wu, CEO of QED, gave an inspiring talk...

The power of open data: Innovation, improved agriculture, impact

by Leroy Mwanzia | Oct 26, 2017

Leroy Mwanzia, Data and Information Manager at CIAT. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT   Open data can mean different things to different people. For me and my team, it’s not about giving away data, it’s about giving it back. Over the last 50 years, CIAT scientists...

State of Research Data Management at CIAT

by Leroy Mwanzia | Oct 6, 2017

CIAT has made great strides over the years in the management of research data and is one of the institutions taking the lead in data innovations around agriculture.  CIAT co-leads the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture and has just hosted, in September 2017,...

Publishing Research Data

by Leroy Mwanzia | Oct 28, 2016

CIAT like most research institutions generates a lot of research data and would like to publish it. Data publishing involves digital dissemination of research data and supporting information such as metadata, documentation, models, code and unpublished reports in such...