SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA
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ABOUT US OUR MISSION
The Community of Practice (CoP) on Socio-Economic Data, led by CIMMYT, aims at
bringing together CGIAR centers, academia, not-for-profit research, development
organizations, and private sector partners to tackle major issues related to socio-
economic data. The community works together on strategies to make data inter-
operable in order to enhance the impact and the use of CGIAR-related socio-
economic data for partners in development. 
Working groups related to making socio-economic data FAIR include OIMS, SociO!, 100Q, and
CAPI.  
 
The Blockchain Coalition aims to share knowledge and create joint ventures to address trust
and transparency issues that could be solved with distributed ledger technology.
 
The CoP teams up with CGIAR Gender Platform to enhance gendered data.
 
The CoP also addresses issues concerning ethics, privacy, data confidentiality, and cyber-
security.
HIGHLIGHTS 2019
In 2019 the CoP addressed the issue of data standardization and harmonization through the publication of the
report on 100Q and the report on OIMS.
The CoP published a report on the use of blockchain technology in agri-food systems focusing on the use case
of biofortoified maize.
During the Big Data in Agriculture Convention the CoP organized a workshop on how to build your own
blockchain.
Collaboration with the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research led to the publication of a
report on the findability of gendered data sets.
The Community of Practice on
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA
SUMMARY WORKPLAN 2020
In 2020 we plan to continue to expand our network and build stronger relationships with our members to address the pressing
issues related to socio-economic data, both in terms of data management as well as using socio-economic data, data analytics
and data-driven tools and technologies to enhance the impact of international agricultural research for development.
FAIRER DATA
Activities  Deliverables:
Providing guidance on findable, accessible, Engage the members of CoP Launch SociO!
interoperable, reusable, ethical, and reproducible Test our prototype products Webinars on interoperability
socio-economic data resources
 Launch of OIMS
BLOCKCHAIN COALITION Activities 
Deliverables:
Engage the members of the CoP
Build a learning and knowledge sharing platform on
Develop project proposals Launch of AgriFoodTrust: the
distributed ledger technology for complex dynamic
agri-food systems in low and middle-income countries Event at the 2020 Big Data in Agriculture testing and learning platform
Convention for digital trust and
Collaborate on Strike Two Summits transparency technologies
 
NOVEL ANALYTICS
Activities Deliverables:
Accelerate the impact of socio-economic research Engage the members of the CoP Blog post on novel analytic
by taking advantage of novel big data analytics Organize studies tools for socio-economic data
tools
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