Improving agricultural knowledge management: The AgTrials experience.

ABSTRACT: Background: Opportunities to use data and information to address challenges in international agricultural research and development are expanding rapidly. The use of agricultural trial and evaluation data has enormous potential to improve crops and management practices. However, for a number of reasons, this potential has yet to be realized. This paper reports on the experience of the AgTrials initiative, an effort to build an online database of agricultural trials applying principles of interoperability and open access. Methods: Our analysis evaluates what worked and what did not work in the development of the AgTrials information resource. We analyzed data on our users and their interaction with the platform. We also surveyed our users to gauge their perception

SUBMITTER: Hyman G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5443339 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature