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A pause on activities

Defra Communications, 21 April 2017 - Data Transformation, Defra content design, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Defra services, Digital transformation, Earth Observation, INSPIRE, Maker community, Open data, Software tools, UnITy

We officially enter a pre-election period as of midnight tonight, so there will be no new blog posts until after the election.

Revolutionising our food and farming industry

Defra Communications, 3 December 2015 - Defra digital, Open data

Elizabeth Truss has encouraged farmers and the food industry to seize the opportunities offered by open data as the global population grows towards 9 billion.The Secretary of State was speaking at an Open Data Institute conference: ODI Futures Agriculture, December 2, where she reiterated …

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