Rise of the Rural Entrepeneur

All the data you need to help solve the challenges!

SITUATION
Population growth worldwide means more mouths to feed in the near future.
Yet, the number of farmers is decreasing, the amount of arable farm land is decreasing and natural resources are becoming scarce, too.
As global population grows, the shrinking farmer population is burdened with trying to produce more with less.

GOAL
One of our ongoing goals is to support and prepare farmers for both the current and future changes in the market, production and environment.
To remain relevant, farmers of the future will need to increase economic viability, work within ecological boundaries, and build a better image as rural entrepreneurs.

CHALLENGE AND ISSUES
For this challenge, we will focus on the issues and challenges for dairy farmers.
We are seeking to find both practical and creative solutions to what these farmers need to do individually or together to arrive at 100% sustainable production in 2020.

1. SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION:
   Use data to generate (new) insights between input, output and production values.
2. DATA COOPERATION:
   Design a solution in which data sharing can help farmers improve their production.
3. FAIR PRICING:
   Can dairy prices for farmers and other parties in the supply chain be generated or negotiated more fairly using software solutions?
4. NOTHING WASTED:
   Take on the challenge of decreasing food waste in one or all parts of the supply chain.
5. DATA VISUALISATION:
   Get creative with one or more datasets and design visual interfaces that give insights more easily.

Registering & Questions

Want to register for the challenge? Send an e-mail with your name, teamname en teammebers to: raboagricampus@gmail.com

IBM Technology

There will be a IBM Watson specialist present at the event.
Feel free to contact him/her for asking question on how to use the Watson or Weather.com API's

1) Global milk EXPORT statistics, data by Rabobank

In this dataset you will find global export statistics in tonnes per country, per product (jan 2012 - mar 2016).
Countries amongst others, New Zealand, Australia, US, Russia, China, EU.

• SMP: Skim milk powder
• WMP: Whole milk powder
• Butter
• Cheese

2) Global milk IMPORT statistics, data by Rabobank

In this dataset you will find global export statistics in tonnes per country, per product (jan 2012 - mar 2016).
Countries amongst others, New Zealand, Australia, US, Russia, China, EU.

• SMP: Skim milk powder
• WMP: Whole milk powder
• Butter
• Cheese

3) Milk production and global commodity prices, data by Rabobank

In this dataset you will find global milk production statistics and global milkrelated commodity prices(jan 2012 - mar 2016).
Countries amongst others, New Zealand, Australia, US, Russia, China, EU.

4) EU overall economy and dairy sector specific, data by Rabobank

You will find data about EU population, Consumption of milk and milk-related products.
Next to that production data of milk and milk-related products within the EU

• Milk production
• Cow numers
• Trade
• EU Population per country
• GDP
• Subsitutes
• Dairy cow prices
• Exchange rates

5) Milk Robot KPI's, data by LELY

Data supplied on USB, come see the team

Over 25 Key Performance Indicators from the most advanced dairy machines, sensors and managementtools.
All this data revolves around the farmyard

6) Global dairy farm data, data by LELY

Data supplied on USB, come see the team

MPR-, cell-, and milkdata from 55 dairy farms all across the globe.

7) Data Dutch dairy sector, data by WUR

Lots of more dairy sector data from the Dutch Agricultural Economics Institute. Amongst other about milk prices, sustainability, spatial coverage, economic performance, consumption and climate.

8) Company Information, data by Chamber of Commerce

Registry data on all Dutch companies from the Chamber of Commerce API.