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Improving agricultural knowledge management: The AgTrials experience.

Glenn Hyman¹, Herlin Espinosa¹, Paola Camargo^1,2

¹International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.

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The AgTrials initiative developed an online database for agricultural trials, highlighting the need for more organizational and institutional collaboration to fully utilize agricultural data for crop improvement.

Keywords:

CGIAR Crop trial metadata trial site variety

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Agricultural Science
Information Science
Knowledge Management

Background:

International agricultural research and development increasingly relies on data for innovation.
Agricultural trial and evaluation data holds significant potential for improving crops and management practices.
Realizing the full potential of agricultural data requires overcoming existing barriers.

Purpose of the Study:

To report on the AgTrials initiative's experience in building an interoperable, open-access online database of agricultural trials.
To evaluate the successes and challenges encountered during the development of the AgTrials information resource.
To identify opportunities for enhancing agricultural knowledge management.

Main Methods:

Analysis of user data and platform interaction within the AgTrials initiative.
User surveys to assess perceptions of the online database's utility.
Evaluation of technical, logistical, organizational, and institutional factors.

Main Results:

Identified barriers to participation and impediments to user interaction with the platform.
Revealed opportunities for improved agricultural knowledge management.
Confirmed substantial potential for utilizing trial and evaluation data in agriculture.

Conclusions:

Technical and logistical frameworks for interoperable online databases are advanced.
Organizational and institutional efforts are crucial for realizing the full potential of agricultural data initiatives.
Continued development requires addressing both technical and socio-institutional aspects.