Objective one

  • Increase the usability of data while protecting security, privacy and data rights by providing guiding principles and rules to the soil and agronomy community
  • Increase efficiency and reduce costs associated with duplication of efforts
  • Enable researchers to more easily transform research data into actionable knowledge
  • Demonstrate how national data access and sharing can be implemented while maintaining equity, security and privacy
  •  Increase engagement and participation in the data sharing ecosystem
  •  Facilitate information-based decision making
  •  Contribute to discussions around emerging issues and support the government in taking informed decisions and tackling problems with tangible evidence
  •  Facilitate the creation and population of a Soil and Agronomy Database and establish and maintain a data sharing platform