dr.ir. Sander Janssen
Coordinator GODAN Action project, Researcher spatial modelling and knowledge systems at Wageningen University
Sander Janssen, PhD at Wageningen UR, coordinates the GODAN Action project.
Biography
Sander Janssen PhD is working as a team leader Earth Informatics at Alterra Centre for Geo-information, and leading a team of experienced researchers and software engineers in the field of integrated (spatial) modelling, remote sensing and knowledge systems.
Articles
Promising blockchain applications for agriculture
by Sander Janssen and Jaclyn Bolt
Sander Janssen and Jaclyn Bolt discuss the potential of blockchain technology for development by way of multiple examples, arguing that it needs to be combined with a strategy for digitisation, targeted capacity building of its users and an impact-driven approach.
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Actions to turn the power of open data into real impact
by Sjoerd Croqué and Sander Janssen
At the third international workshop on the impact of open data for agriculture a new action agenda was discussed by a mix of organisations. They concluded that more focus is required on benefits for the less favoured actors, that open data should become a vehicle for multi-stakeholder collaborations, and that assessment of data driven organisational change is required.
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Research facilitating open data
Open data research can significantly help to stimulate changes in practices and organisation of the public and private sector actors in agriculture and food supply chains, but it cannot force those changes. Crucial are the researchers themselves, who need to interact to ensure their knowledge and expertise is used and useful.
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