Agro-Know (AK, http://www.agroknow.gr) is an extraordinary company that captures, organizes and adds value to the rich information available in agricultural and biodiversity sciences, in order to make it universally accessible, useful and meaningful. At AK we believe that digital information can transform the way in which research, education and innovation is taking place in agriculture, food and the environment. We believe that the Internet is a major enabler to help carry out this transformation, and that the full potential of online access to digital information has yet to be exploited in these sectors. We strive to go beyond the trends, into solving real problems. Launched in 2008-2009 by a small team of people with loads of ideas and eager to work, AK has grown over the years to consist of over 20 agronomists, information scientists, librarians, software engineers and food scientists capable of providing integrated solutions to an increasingly demanding market.
AK is an active contributor in European and international standardisation initiatives in relation to the agricultural data representation and storage, with involvement in fora such as the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS, http://aims.fao.org) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO) and the Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD, http://www.ciard.net). It is supporting the open data and models movement, participating and contributing in initiatives such as the Research Data Alliance (https://www.rd-alliance.org) and its dedicated Agricultural Data Interoperability Interest Group, the World Bank’s Global Food Safety Partnership (http://gfsp.org) where it co-chairs the Knowledge & Learning Systems Working Group and leads the Database Subgroup, as well as the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (http://godan.info).
Through a strategic partnership with FAO, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the ARIADNE Foundation, AK is hosting the Data Processing Unit of the traditional AGRIS service (http://agris.fao.org) – a global information system collecting and making accessible bibliography on agricultural science and technology.
Agro-Know
Agro-Know (AK, http://www.agroknow.gr) is an extraordinary company that captures, organizes and adds value to the rich information available in agricultural and biodiversity sciences, in order to make it universally accessible, useful and meaningful. At AK we believe that digital information can transform the way in which research, education and innovation is taking place in agriculture, food and the environment. We believe that the Internet is a major enabler to help carry out this transformation, and that the full potential of online access to digital information has yet to be exploited in these sectors. We strive to go beyond the trends, into solving real problems. Launched in 2008-2009 by a small team of people with loads of ideas and eager to work, AK has grown over the years to consist of over 20 agronomists, information scientists, librarians, software engineers and food scientists capable of providing integrated solutions to an increasingly demanding market.
AK is an active contributor in European and international standardisation initiatives in relation to the agricultural data representation and storage, with involvement in fora such as the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS, http://aims.fao.org) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO) and the Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD, http://www.ciard.net). It is supporting the open data and models movement, participating and contributing in initiatives such as the Research Data Alliance (https://www.rd-alliance.org) and its dedicated Agricultural Data Interoperability Interest Group, the World Bank’s Global Food Safety Partnership (http://gfsp.org) where it co-chairs the Knowledge & Learning Systems Working Group and leads the Database Subgroup, as well as the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (http://godan.info).
Through a strategic partnership with FAO, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the ARIADNE Foundation, AK is hosting the Data Processing Unit of the traditional AGRIS service (http://agris.fao.org) – a global information system collecting and making accessible bibliography on agricultural science and technology.