1. Agricultural technology
evaluation:
Trial metadatabase
and file repository
http://agtrials.org/
Glenn Hyman, Andy Farrow,
Herlin Espinoza, Ernesto Giron,
Andy Jarvis, Jagath Kularatne (CIAT)
2011 General Research Meeting
Hyderabad, India
24 September 2011

2. Web interface
Relational database

3. Trial sites and trials

4. Document files
on trial site

5. Upload soil information:
• descriptions
• soil maps
• data

6. Weather during the trial

7. Photographs of the trial site

8. Authentication :
• All users must register
• User profiles and permissions
restrict functionality and capacity to
edit or download information
• Facility to change password

9. This form accepts code
from Creative Commons
to establish IPR: click on
the hyperlink.
Step 1: A window appears
that explains how to
establish IPR. Click on
Creative Commons logo
Step 2:
Answer
questions
Step 3: Generate
code
Data sharing and intellectual property rights protocol

13. You specify who can access the data

14. If users have given permission for others to
download their files, they will have that
capacity…….otherwise, any data or information
about trials entered into the site will only be
available as metadata (data about the trials, but
not the raw data).

15. Summary: Intellectual Property Rights
• Only registered and authenticated
users can upload or download any
data
• You establish the type of license to
use the data, which can only be
downloaded if user agrees to license
• You specify who can download
• You control your data

16. Users can enter the traits or variables
measured in the trial here.
Source: GCP’s www.cropontology.org

17. Integration with GCP Crop Ontology

18. Agtrials.org is growing: evaluation data

19. Related ongoing activities
• Continued integration among IBP , Crop Ontology and other
GCP initiatives
• Site Analogue tool for climate similarity
• Development of a generic methodology for G x E analysis to
understand varietal response through genotype by
environment.
• Application of methods to case studies, using the data at
www.agtrials.org
• Collaboration with crop modeling initiatives AgMIPS and Global
Futures, including modeled trials.
• Development of a community of data analysts looking at
varietal response (blog in Agtrials.org)
• Exploring collaboration with selected groups of on-going
programs and initiatives

20. Thank you for your attention
Q&A