Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) is an initiative that seeks to "support global efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant data available, accessible, and usable for unrestricted use worldwide.

The initiative focuses on building high-level policy as well as public and private institutional support for open data.

"[2] According to the Open Data Institute, farmers and other stakeholders on the agriculture supply chain can make more informed decisions resulting in improved yields and efficiency – from farm to fork, when they have free access to useful information on agriculture and nutrition.

[8] "The GODAN Secretariat states that it has an estimated five year budget of $8.5 million, with five full time employees.

[10] In September 2016, GODAN held a two-day summit in New York described as “the largest event of its kind”, with the aim of raising awareness of the call for making agricultural and nutrition data open.