Researchers have observed an increasing equity divide in how key agricultural data is accessed and used by independent farmers. Many private firms offer subscription services that provide user-friendly, actionable tools that are powered by complex, hard-to-find public open datasets. The combination of the difficulty in using raw agricultural data and the need to pay to access the data in a consumable format represents an equity gap for less-resourced, small-scale farmers, many of whom are minorities. 10x will investigate potential solutions, including restructuring data, improving API access, and better documenting available data in an electronic way, to lessen the divide among small and large farm producers, limit the need for producers to pay for publicly available data, and create more equitable agricultural markets.
An idea submitted by civil servants at:Department of Agriculture ~ Research, Education, and Economics
Researchers have observed an increasing equity divide in how key agricultural data is accessed and used by independent farmers. Many private firms offer subscription services that provide user-friendly, actionable tools that are powered by complex, hard-to-find public open datasets. The combination of the difficulty in using raw agricultural data and the need to pay to access the data in a consumable format represents an equity gap for less-resourced, small-scale farmers, many of whom are minorities. 10x will investigate potential solutions, including restructuring data, improving API access, and better documenting available data in an electronic way, to lessen the divide among small and large farm producers, limit the need for producers to pay for publicly available data, and create more equitable agricultural markets.
An idea submitted by civil servants at: Department of Agriculture ~ Research, Education, and Economics