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Hailed as the latest technological advance that could revolutionise development and agriculture (along with other sectors), “big data” has been the focus of several recent articles, most notably a
series of articles
published by SciDev.Net. In June 2013 a
UN High level panel called for a “data revolution”
emphasising the need for better data to track progress towards development goals. But what is big data and how can it aid poverty and hunger eradication?
Big data is not just large amounts of information but rather it’s about integrating infrastructure to collect data at every step of the development process and designing new data collection methods that can track development goals effectively. In particular, big data is being hailed as the big fix for the lack of reliable official statistics in developing countries. But there is no clear (agreed upon) definition of big data, one article stating “it is data…
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