Enhancing sustainable development through better utilization of agricultural & environmental information

Enhancing sustainable development through better utilization of agricultural & environmental information

Green Talks, 5 June 2014

APIVITA Experience store

Charalampos Thanopoulos,Agro-Know

Structure of presentation

• introduction

• who we are

• Agro-Know data platform

• discovery micro-sites

• training pathways

• creative events



introduction



”Education must be connected to real life; it cannot be a parallel universe. Young people want to use digital technology in every aspect of life.”

Neelie Kroes, Commission Vice-PresidentBrussels, 25 Sept 2013



what we can learn from this?

Education is changing Research is changing Publishing is changing



Agricultural businesses hold a wealth of high quality content which can be used to support education and complement interactions between trainers and learners.





this is not an educational resource



… but maybe become one

Using data sharing tools and technologies we can create & connect our digital collections with other organisations around the world, • engaging worldwide audiences in

valuable educational experiences



who we are



about us• Agro-Know is a fast growing company, specializing

in agricultural & biodiversity knowledge management.

• we help organizations and people to address societal and environmental challenges, using solutions that are informed and enhanced by high quality data.

• to achieve this, we develop and put in real practice end-to-end, modular solutions that transform data into meaningful knowledge and services.



“The future belongs to the companies and people that turn data into products”

Mike Loukides, O’Reilly

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discovery micro-sites, customized for the users’ needs



customized discovery micro-sites (1/2)

http://agsharedemo.agroknow.gr/

Browse

Search Study

http://agsharedemo.agroknow.gr/

customized discovery micro-sites (2/2)

Landing page Search and filter page View details and access page

http://organic-edunet.eu/en



training pathways



• bridging classroom and experiential learning• reuse of existing material, easier re-

purposing for new training audiences • reduced time and effort for the creation of

localized and contextualized material • potentially new business models for the

providers of the reference material • use trusted content from world wide sources



what is an training pathway?

example: HACCP principle 1 for the extraction of Stevia sweeteners

http://idea-pathway-creator.greenideasproject.org/greenideas/exhibits/show/food-safety-for-stevia-sweeteners/to-begin-with





step 1: discovering reference material on introducing HACCP principle 1

step 2: discovering contextualized material on HACCP for dry leaves ingredients extraction

• Screenshot of haccp resources listing and ingestion of dry leaves

step 3: discovering localized material on Stevia sweetener extraction process

step 4: creating new material for hazard analysis in the extraction process of Greek stevia producers

step 5: publishing new training scenario

creative events



tech startup events & incubation



http://wiki.agroknow.gr/agroknow/index.php/BlueHackathon2013

http://hack4med.homerproject.eu/crete/







thank [email protected]

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Enhancing sustainable development through better utilization of agricultural & environmental information

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