Farmers' Rights on Data and Ownership Issues: Discussions with the CTDO

GODAN was invited to visit the Community Technology Development Organisation (CTDO) in Harare on the November 8 to discuss the subject of Open Data, the potential benefits and challenges of its use in agriculture and nutrition, to address ownership issues and to inform and empower more farmers through collaboration with GODAN.

The CTDO is an NGO formed in 1993 in response to the challenges facing poor rural communities and households in Zimbabwe. It now operates under four sector-specific programmes: Food Security and Livelihoods, Agricultural Biodiversity, Environment and Climate Change...