National Research Data Infrastructure for the agrosystem domain
FAIRagro is a community-driven initiative and focuses on the agrosystem domain needed to develop sustainable crop production and agroecosystems. It will establish an interoperable and scalable research data infrastructure by connecting available repositories to make research data FAIR. The consortia will facilitate combined data analyses and establish a multilevel support system by setting up a Data Steward Service Center. It will provide guidelines and information material, and focus on knowledge transfer for agrosystem researchers. FAIRagro will address quality and legal security challenges beyond the FAIR principles.
ZB MED’s role in the project
ZB MED participates in community involvement & networking:
- Training and education in the field of RDM
- Assistance and advice on all phases of the data lifecycle
ZB MED is working on the establishment of standards:
- (Meta) data standards for digital resources
- Standards for data management and FAIRness
ZB MED develops infrastructure services:
- Development of the central FAIRagro search portal
- Provision of a terminology service for FAIRagro ontologies
Duration
1 April 2023 – 31 March 2028
Funding body
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
Co-applicants
- Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur (FIZ Karlsruhe)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)
- Hans Eisermann-Forum für Agrarwissenschaften der TU München
- Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)
- Bundeseforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen (JKI)
- Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft (KTBL)
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
- Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN)
- Thünen Institut
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF)
- ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften
FAIRagro is coordinated by ZALF.
