Testing and validation of agricultural data models

This service provides a user-friendly interface to test, validate,alidate and experiment with agronomic models. The service uses the Wageningen digital infrastructure Agro Data Services Layer, and the application environment Farmmaps is built on top of the ADSL infrastructure. Users can access their farm data (www.farmmaps.eu). Data can be added manually or imported via links with other systems (e.g. farm management systems). Within Farmmaps, farm data is linked with other available data, e.g. weather data, satellite data and height maps. All data is stored in a personal farm data space. Users can add apps to their personal account which transform data into advice, insights, or management recommendations. These apps have different owners and other parties or companies can also offer apps on the Farmmaps platform. They utilise the base layer with all its components (user management, security and data connections), thereby focusing on the app content (advice module or model) itself. Furthermore, all apps on the platform are accessible via an API for integration with external platforms. This allows users to access the knowledge available without needing to log in to another platform. The result of the wide spectrum in already connected possible data sources and existing libraries of algorithms a agronomic model owner can focus on improving the model rather than spending a lot of time on creating and maintaining data connections and (daily) manual data uploading downloaded from external farm management systems.