Interdisciplinary research group of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture with a focus on open data

This research group was established for the needs of the TWINING Open Data Operational project with the aim of developing interdisciplinary scientific excellence and the potential for innovation of the University of Zagreb in the field of open data, and to encourage the supply and use of free public data from the agricultural sector, as well as other sectors whose data are needed for the agriculture sector in Croatia and the region, based on the initiative of Assoc. Prof. Dragica Šalamon, PhD

Initial founding members:

extended in the first year of the group's activities with additional members:

The group's operational plan until the TODO project expiration, is to achieve in cooperation with other such groups of the TODO consortium at other components of the University of Zagreb:

  • 30 interdisciplinary publications in the field of open data research and use (the result planned by the project)
  • formal networking with similar groups at other components of the University of Zagreb
  • supplementing the teaching content in order to encourage the supply and use of free public data in Croatia and the region.

The thematic research currently includes:

1. Agriculture sector in Croatia

  • Applications assessment
  • Stakeholders assessment
  • Useful production data (real time predictive data and models for dairy and wine sectors)
  • Synthesis/evaluation

2. Biological databases in Croatia

  • Botanical
  • animal spatial, temporal, movement data (GEOD)
  • DNA (crio, in silico)
    • Resources and potential in Croatia
    • Genomic databases – metadata, data quality

3. Data literacy + open data in education

  • Tressholds
  • Needs and opportunities

Publications

  • Scientific papers
    • Hrustek, L., Kević, K., Varga, F. Open Data for Transparency of Government Tenders: A State Analysis in Croatian Agriculture Land Lease // ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 13 (2024), 11; 401, 16. doi: 10.3390/ijgi13110401
    • Šalamon, D.; Blašković, L.; Džidić, A.; Varga, F.; Seljan, S.; Bosnić, I. (2024). Data literacy in higher education of agricultural sector: mapping competences in the course content. Cogent Education 11. doi: 10.1080/2331186x.2024.2393502
    • Hrustek, L., Šalamon, D. & Tomičić Furjan, M. (2024). Maturity of Agriculture Open Data Ecosystem in Croatia – Challenges and Opportunities. IPSI Transactions on Internet Research, 20(1), 29–46. https://doi.org/10.58245/IPSI.TIR.2401.04
    • Varga, F., Hrustek, L., Kević, K., Welle Donker, F. & ŠalomonŠalamon, D. (2022). Urban dog spaces: the openness of dog-related government data in the city of Zagreb, Croatia *. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 20(2), 125–135. https://doi.org/10.7906/INDECS.20.2.5
    • Banadinović, M., Džidić, A., Simčič, M. & Šalamon, D. (2017). Geographic Patterns of Genetic Variation in Indigenous Eastern Adriatic Sheep Breeds. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, 82(3), 281–285.
    • Hrustek, L., Tomičić Furjan, M., Varga, F., Džidić, A., van Loenen, B. & Šalamon, D. (2022). Towards Digital Innovation: Stakeholder Interactions in Agricultural Data Ecosystem in Croatia. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 19(4), 491–499. https://doi.org/10.7906/INDECS.20.2.10
    • Virić Gašparić, H., Mikac, K., Pajač Živković, I., Krehula, B., Orešković, M., Galešić, M. A., Ninčević, P., Varga, F. & Lemić, D. (2022). Firefly Occurrences in Croatia – One Step Closer from Citizen Science to Open Data*. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems : INDECS, 20(2), 112–124.  https://doi.org/10.7906/INDECS.20.2.4
    • Šalamon, Dragica ; Tomičić, Martina ; Džidić, Alen ; Varga, Filip ; Hrustek, Larisa ; van Loenen, Bastiaan. Promoting digital innovation: Identifying the key elements in agricultural open data ecosystem in Croatia // 56. hrvatski i 16. međunarodni simpozij agronoma - zbornik radova / Rozman, Vlatka ; Antunović, Zvonko (ur.). Osijek: Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2021. str. 305-310 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8093216
  • Proffesional papers
    • Blašković, L., Varga, F., Hrustek, L. & Šalamon, D. (2023). Očuvanje prirodnih bogatstava: Značaj javnih otvorenih podataka agrikulturnog sektora. Perspektive, 1–2, 98–116. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8093311
  • Participation in conferences
    • Marić, Katarina; Vulje, Mirta; Varga, Filip; Džidić, Alen; Šalamon, Dragica. Open spatial data in animal protein production in  Croatia // Zbornik sažetaka 59. hrvatskog i 19. međunarodnog simpozija agronoma. Zagreb: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Agronomski fakultet, 2024. str. 104-104
    • Varga, Filip ; Kević, Karlo ; Hrustek, Larisa. Transparency in agricultural land lease by local government // International Conference on Open Data (ICOD 2022): Book of abstracts / Varga, Filip ; Đurman, Petra (ur.). Zagreb: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2023. str. 44-49 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8069998
    • Varga, Filip ; Kuveždić Divjak, Ana ; Šalamon, Dragica. Towards development of a tool for the automated assessment of the spatial accuracy of nature observation datasets // International Conference on Open Data (ICOD 2022): Book of abstracts / Varga, Filip ; Đurman, Petra (ur.). Zagreb: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2023. str. 139-144 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8073266
    • Šalamon, Dragica ; Spajić, Niolina ; Varga, Filip. Problem driven maturity assessment of agriculture open data ecosystem: Case of pest control / Zrakić Sušac, Magdalena ; Juračak, Josip (ur.). ZAGREB: Hrvatsko agroekonomsko društvo (HAED), 2021. str. 78-78 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8099206
    • Virić Gašparić, Helena ; Mikac, Katarina M. ; Pajac Živković, Ivana ; Varga, Filip ; Lemić, Darija. Firefly occurrences in Croatia– one step closer from citizen science to open data / Nalazi krijesnica u Hrvatskoj– korak od građanske znanosti prema otvorenim podacima // Book of abstracts of the National Open Data Conference, 20th to 23rd of September 2021, ZUK Borongaj, Zagreb, Croatia / Vujić, Miroslav ; Šalamon, Dragica (ur.). Zagreb: Fakultet prometnih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021. str. 30-33 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8085852
    • Hrustek, Larisa ; Tomičić Furjan, Martina ; Šalamon, Dragica ; Varga, Filip ; Džidić, A ; Van Loenen, Bastiaan. Overview of the open data agricultural ecosystem in Croatia // Book of abstracts of the National Open Data Conference / Vujić, Miroslav ; Šalamon, Dragica (ur.). Zagreb: ZUK Borongaj, Zagreb, Croatia, 2021. str. --- doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8085810
    • Hrustek, Larisa ; Tomičić Furjan, Martina ; Džidić, Alen ; Šalamon, Dragica ; Varga, Filip ; van Loenen, Bastiaan. Key stakeholder groups for digital innovation of agriculture in Croatia // Proceedings of 56th Croatian and 16th International symposium on Agriculture / Rozman, Vlatka ; Antunović, Zvonko (ur.). Osijek: Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2021. str. 198-202 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8093279
    • Dragica, Šalamon ; Filip, Varga ; Alen, Džidić. The key elements for the open data in agriculture in Croatia. 2021. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8093249
    • Šalamon, Dragica ; Blašković, Lucija ; Džidić, Alen ; Varga, Filip ; Čavrak, Igor ; Bosnić, Ivana. Podatkovna pismenost za agrikulturni sektor u Hrvatskoj: Učenje o otvorenim podacima i pomoću njih // Knjiga sažetaka II. međunarodnog stručno- znanstvenog skupa - Inovacije: Jamstvo budućnosti agrobiznisa u Hrvatskoj / Svržnjak, Kristina ; Čehić, Ana (ur.). Zagreb: Hrvatsko agroekonomsko društvo (HAED), 2020. str. 33-34 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8099299
    • Varga, Filip ; Grdiša, Martina ; Nikolić, Toni ; Guberović, Emanuel ; Bosnić, Ivana ; Welle Donker, Frederika ; Šalamon, Dragica. Dalmatian pyrethrum spatial records quality from Croatian Open Databases // 56th Croatian & 16th International Symposium on Agriculture Book of Abstracts / Rozman, Vlatka ; Antunović, Zvonko (ur.). Osijek: Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2021. str. 134-134 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8093251
    • Varga, Filip ; Primorac, Mario ; Nimac, Ana ; Virić- Gašparić, Helena ; Šalamon, Dragica. AVAILABILITY AND OPENNESS OF DOG-RELATED DATA IN THE CITY OF ZAGREB / Dostupnost i otvorenost podataka o infrastrukturi za pse u gradu Zagrebu // Book of abstracts of the National Open Data Conference, 20th to 23rd of September 2021, ZUK Borongaj, Zagreb, Croatia / Vujić, Miroslav ; Šalamon, Dragica (ur.). Zagreb: Fakultet prometnih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021. str. 88-91 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8086411
    • Šalamon, Dragica ; Džidić, Alen. Data governance in the dairy sector  in Croatia // Knjiga sažetaka III. međunarodnog stručno- znanstvenog skupa – Inovacije i agrobiznis Book of Abstracts of the III. International Conference – Innovations and Agribusiness / Zrakić Sušac, M. ; Juračak, J. (ur.). Zagreb: Hrvatsko agroekonomsko društvo (HAED), 2021. str. 73-73 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8099478
  • Book editorials and guest editing in journals
    • International Conference on Open Data (ICOD 2022): Book of abstracts / Varga, Filip ; Đurman, Petra (ur.). Zagreb: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2023. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8069532
    • Book of abstracts of the National Open Data Conference, 20th to 23rd of September 2021, ZUK Borongaj, Zagreb, Croatia / Zbornik sažetaka Nacionalne konferencije o otvorenim podacima NODC2021: 20-23. 09. 2021. ZUK Borongaj, Zagreb, Hrvatska / Vujić, Miroslav ; Šalamon, Dragica (ur.). Zagreb: Fakultet prometnih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8085539
    • van Loenen, B. i Šalamon, D. (2022). Editorial: Trends and Prospects of Opening Data in Problem Driven Societies. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 20 (2), II-IV. https://doi.org/10.7906/indecs.20.2.e.1

In addition to the research work, the members of the group enable the preparation of graduate and final thesis and professional projects for students of the Faculty of Agriculture. 

 

  • Graduation theses in Open data field
    • Spajić, Nikolina. Otvoreni podaci s prostornim obilježjima u Hrvatskoj korisni za sektor poljoprivrede / Šalamon, Dragica (mentor); Varga, Filip (neposredni voditelj). Zagreb, Agronomski fakultet, . 2021

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