Progress 09/30/22 to 09/29/23
Outputs
Target Audience:This project involves researchers, students, businesses, and other organization types (governmental, NGO, etc.) from across the data and agricultural sectors. Individuals from farming and scientific communities as well as integrative disciplines (e.g., engineers, geneticists, extension educators, and information scientists) have engaged with NAPDC activities and content. The NAPDC community includes stakeholder and partner organizations and projects (for a list please visithttps://www.agdatacoop.org/aligned-projects) that have shared NAPDC communications and events since the start of the project. This diverse community continues to grow as measured by website visits and activity attendance. For example, since its launch in January 2022 the NAPDC website has hundreds of unique viewers from across every inhabited continent of the world. Over 100 unique attendees have participated in at least one Webinar this past year with an average of 25 attendees logging in each month for the monthly webinar. To ensure the inclusion of URM audiences, we have shared NAPDC activities with various URM organizations, such as SACNAS and the NAPPN Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity Committee, particularly with respect to the convening grant opportunity. Changes/Problems:The convening grant subaward process remains verychallenging as the process is lengthyNAPDC has been successful in keeping track of the processes on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) side of the award process but is dependent on "checking in" with the PIs of awarded projects since the process moves into new hands once UNL has fully executed the award to the recipient institution. At that point, the onus is on the convening grant PIs to make sure invoices are being sent and processed in a timely manner, at which point much of the process is difficult to track. It is difficult to make strategic plans for the sustainability of the project when support for each year is uncertain and expectations for the framework are very high. Each convening grant awardee is contributing to the project and is worthy of continued support. However, this limits our ability to engage with new potential awardees and grow the project as needed for a national presence. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?1. Starting August 2023 we will have a graduate student in Computer Science supporting our efforts to develop a framework for livestock genotype sequencing and metadata. 2. The NAPDC Conference included a poster session specifically for students and professional development. 3. The NAPDC Website includes recordings and slides from educational webinars and information about associated training opportunities. 4.Starting August 2023 we have a web services staff member who is providing website management capabiities and attending team meetings to gainprofessional presentation skills How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?This project reaches researchers, students, and companies from across the agricultural sector by leveraging stakeholder and partner organizations (e.g., the Midwest Big Data Hub, AgGateway, MeisterMedia) to distribute information on project activities and events. Since January 2022 the NAPDC website has had over 2,500 unique viewers from across every inhabited continent of the world and the number of visits is growing by over 100% month-to-month. Webinar registrations are also growing and so appear to be meeting a critical need.Since individuals register through the NAPDC website, we can collect information on first-time users and give them the opportunity to opt-in to our listserv. Members of the PI team have presented on NAPDC activities at national conferences including TechHub Live, the Annual ASAS/CSAS/WSAS Conference, the GOAT conference, among others. Twitter [now X](@agdatacoop_ag) is being used for advertising upcoming events and to reach broader audiences who may prefer social media over email for their communications. In this way the project cuts across generational differences in communication preferences. NAPDC includes members who share information on upcoming NAPDC activities with various URM organizations, such as MANNRS and SACNAS, particularly with respect to the convening grant opportunity. Dissemination of convening grant activities is primarily the responsibility of the convening grant teams, but, when appropriate, NAPDC shares these outcomes on the website under the "Convening Awards" page. These outcomes are organized within the funded project description, along with the summary narrative from the proposal and a link to an associated website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?1. The convening grant award teams will continue to make progress towards their stated goals. These award teams will present at the NAPDC conference inSpring 2024and report their progress and achivements. 2. PIs Spangler and Clarke will work with USMARC and NAGP on a pilotcomputational infrastructure for beef genome sequencing data hosting and sharing. 3. The NAPDC and AgGateway will promote the use and development of ADAPT and Modus frameworks for producer data. 4. Additional convening grants will be awarded in areas of critical need identified at the 2023 conference. 5. The NAPDC will launch a project in collaboration with EMILI Canada and Ag Data Transparent to develop a draftdata governance structure for a national framework.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Inaugural NAPDC Conference (https://www.agdatacoop.org/conference??)On May 10-12, 2023, the NAPDC held its inaugural all hands meeting at the Nebraska Innovation Campus, Lincoln NE. This event involved presentations, posters, and working group sessions on different aspects of the framework. We had over 80 attendees from multiple states and presentations from all convening grant award teams. A white paper summarizing the event and key takeaways is in preparation with expected publication by October 1, 2023. Website- Visitors to the project's website (https://www.agdatacoop.org/) can learn about the project's goals, read the project summary, join the mailing list, and register for NAPDC webinars. They can also obtain information on awarded convening grants (previously how to apply), our governance structure, and gain access to NAPDC-related resources such as our data management plan, code of conduct, and publications. The website hosts recordings and slides (when relevant) of NAPDC events enabling asynchronous viewing Webinar series:Recordings available athttps://www.agdatacoop.org/webinars/.Location data are not available for registrants.Each webinar is announced in advance on the NAPDC website and via Twitter, and has a stated summary, format, and objective. Webinars are included in Other Products. Survey:NAPDC has prepared and delivered a survey in Summer 2023 (post-conference) seeking community perspectives on the current state of data infrastructure and needs for agricultural producers. This survey was being prepared with professional guidance from the UNL Social Behavioral Sciences Research Consortium. The survey was be announced via the NAPDC listserv and social media and will be available through the NAPDC website. We collected responses from over 50 participants and are currently preparing a report of our findings. Convening Grants:Our convening grant awardees continued progress towards their stated aims. Included in their progress reports are the following highlights: "Data collection, sharing, and use at the farm level" with AgGatewayaims to investigate data sharing and use in several common use cases at the farm level to determine if it is done securely and with what approvals. They are preparing a community survey with MeisterMedia and Ag Data Transparent to assess the needs of the producer community regarding data access and services. "Enabling Cyberinfrastructure for the NAPDC: the OATS Data Frameworks" aims to provide exposure for the NAPDC to diverse communities, access and education to enable the use of Trellis and OADA frameworks, and input on questions of national scope for an agricultural producers data framework. The team identified Ag Data Coalition as destination platform for data, receivedsecured access to platform,identified IoT data from Purdue experiments associated with the multi-university IoT4Ag project for API interaction with ADC, andidentified soils-related data and platform for API interaction with ADC. They are working with ADC to define architecture and data logistics for integration, and investigating underlying data models for API desig "Building a Synergistic Data Framework for Cropping, Livestock, and Aquaculture Producers of Virginia":On the field crops front, we are developing a generalizable aerial spectral imagery database for detecting crop diseases through AI and ML. We will be developing generalizable data processing protocols and guidelines for those to be implemented on open-source cloud platforms. Providing secure end-user accessibility will be the final goal for this test case. Constraints on policy, implementation, accessibility, and data protection will be noted for future implementations.On the livestock domain side, the developed ketosis sensor will be rigorously validated for improvement of dairy cattle health, data integrity, transmission, and user-accessibility. Additional wireless data transmission mode of LoRaWAN (Long Range Wireless Area Network) communication protocol will be deployed to the wireless sensor nodes for data transmission rate up to 27 kbits/s, and communication range up to 16 km (= 10 miles) within the line-of-sight.On the aquaculture domain side, the developed edge-computer enabled fish imaging sensor will be deployed at dedicated experimental sites where images will be collected to estimate fish biomass and study patterns of their movement to identify stresses. The data and decision dispensation capabilities to the end user will be further tested and improved for free and uninterrupted access. Co-PI Spangler and PI Clarke are working with the NAGP and researchers at USMARC to develop a web-based platform for uploading livestock genotyping data to NCBI and sharing such data with collaborators. We are exploring frameworks for metadata and hosting in collaboration with faculty at the University of Kentucky. 2024 Conference. We are preparing for an NAPDCconference eventtobe held in Spring 2024 in collaboration with our convening grant awardees. The goal of this conference will be tobring representatives from across the NAPDC community (i.e., convening grant PIs, stakeholder organization representatives, USDA NIFA representatives, and other thought leaders) to discuss progress towards a national `open' data framework for agricultural producers, solve associated challenges,and identify yet unexplored synergies with other national organizations and initiatives. The outcomes of this conference will be written into a concept paper and shared with USDA NIFA and published in a peer-reviewed journal for the community to reference.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
https://www.agdatacoop.org/
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Invited presentation at TechHub Live event in Des Moines, IA, July 2023 to discuss NAPDC project and goals with digital agriculture community
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