Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
(N/A)
LINCOLN,NE 68583
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
To create innovative, data-driven agricultural production systems, producers will need access to data, simulations, forecasts, and modeling to learn how they can transform their operations towards enhancing sustainability. The National Agricultural Producer Data Cooperative (NAPDC) in partnership with land grant universities, stakeholder organizations, and private-sector representatives will expand the current framework through strategic development to foster agricultural innovation by addressing critical challenges: Enhance and expand ongoing projects that support stakeholders and collaborative partnerships to demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of digital resources in capturing, storing, and accessing producer and public data; Develop a clear and complete sustainability plan for updates, expansion, and user support that delineates principles and examples of specific mechanisms for capacity integration that will support effective use of the data; Develop feasible appropriate assurances of regulatory and legal compliance including a data trust structure and FAIR principles; and Further next steps for framework growth and expansion through engagement and support of diverse participation in NAPDC activities, integration of feedback, and communication and dissemination of findings. Expected outcomes include further development of a data repository that leverages tools widely accepted in the industry to ensure access, privacy and transparency while enabling on-farm research; digital tools and resources (e.g., APIs) that enable farmer and livestock producer access and use of both private and public data resources; governance and sustainability plans that ensure long term viability, data quality, and privacy assurances; and white papers, peer-reviewed publications, and other products that help define the future of a national data framework. A diverse and experienced PI team, a comprehensive group of partner organizations,and a scientific advisory board of national experts will assist the NAPDC in meeting its objectives and ensuring that its activities are consistent with USDA strategic objectives, and coordinate and complement existing programs in agricultural data services and stewardship.
Animal Health Component
25%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
25%
Applied
25%
Developmental
50%
Goals / Objectives
Consistent with the RFA, the overall objective of this project is to expand a national data framework to foster agricultural innovation through strategic development. The proposed activities will engage agricultural stakeholders across diverse systems and provide knowledge related to interoperability, security, privacy, sustainability and governance that is required for such a framework to succeed.1. Leverage ongoing and new projects that support stakeholders, collaborative partnerships, and the USDA Science and Research Strategy to demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of digital resources in capturing, storing, and accessing producer and public data.2. Continue development of a clear and complete sustainability plan for updates, expansion, and user support that delineates principles and examples of mechanisms for capacity integration that will support effective data use.3. Continue development of feasible appropriate assurances of regulatory and legal compliance including a data trust structure and FAIR principles.4. Establish a Community of Practice to further next steps through engagement and support of diverse participation in NAPDC activities.
Project Methods
Objective 1: Leverage and enhance ongoing projects that support stakeholders, collaborative partnerships, and the USDA Science and Research Strategy to demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of digital resources in capturing, storing, and accessing producer and public data.Objective 2: Continue development of a clear and complete sustainability plan that delineates principles and examples of mechanisms for capacity integration that will support effective data use.Objective 3: Develop feasible appropriate assurances of regulatory and legal compliance including a data trust structure and FAIR principles.Objective 4: Establish a Community of Practice to further next steps through engagement and support of diverse participation in NAPDC activities.