There are few organizations using open data in the Middle East and North Africa. The organizations that use open data do so primarily to improve governance.
Organizations in the Middle East and North Africa are using open data to work on issues such as election monitoring, social justice, and local economic development. Several others use open data for geospatial mapping and analysis. They primarily use geospatial and topographic data, as well as data on government operations. However, across the region organizations are limited by the amount of open government data available.
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Country: United States
Impact: Farmers benefit from tools for better crop management and to measure environmental factors
Data Used: Rainfall data from US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center, soil data from US Department of Agriculture
FarmLogs provides farmers with a free software and mobile application to map and analyze crop yields and environmental conditions for crop growth through government data. Their Farmlogs free Standard includes several features: Field Mapping, Scouting and Notes, Activity Tracking, Rainfall Tracking, GDD Accumulation, Soil Composition Maps, Growth Stage Analysis, Yield Maps, Input Planning. They also empower farmers to coordinate with the government to request data for their lands. On their website, FarmLogs details instructions on how to contact the US Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency for field boundary data. Upon receipt, FarmLogs interprets the data and creates field boundaries on mapping systems for farmers to demarcate their lands.
