Project description
Testing a high-tech generation of digital agriculture solutions
Digital technologies in agriculture (DATs) can grow the sector by enhancing sustainability, performance and competitiveness byte by byte, but only if they are designed to support sustainability. In this context, the EU-funded QuantiFarm project will introduce a comprehensive assessment framework for independent qualitative and quantitative assessment of the multiple costs and benefits of DATs, as well as of their sustainability impact. Following a multi-actor approach, QuantiFarm will carry out 30 test cases across 20 European countries. The test cases will all be in commercial farms of different types, sizes, ownership and operating conditions from seven agricultural sectors. The aim is to assess the DATs used in the farms and feed the results to the QuantiFarm Toolkit to increase awareness and support future decision-making.
Objective
The QuantiFarm project focusses on supporting the further deployment of digital technologies in agriculture (DATs) as key enablers for enhancing the sustainability (economic, environmental, social) performance and competitiveness of the agricultural sector. It will achieve this by establishing a framework for assessing the impact and effectiveness of DATs in agriculture and developing innovative tools, services and recommendations for farmers, advisors and policy makers. Following a multi-actor approach, QuantiFarm will build the project activities around 30 Test Cases (TCs) which span over 20 countries in 10 (of the 11) Biogeographical regions across Europe, capturing multiple geo-political and financial settings. All 30 TCs take place in commercial farms of different types, sizes, ownership and operating conditions from 7 agricultural sectors. Different aspects of these TCs will be examined in the context of different work packages (WPs). The TCs’ actors will be engaged in participatory observation activities to offer valuable input and actively support the behavioural analysis (WP1), the establishment of the Assessment Framework (WP2) and the co-design of an innovative Toolkit for farmers, advisors and policy makers (WP3). The lean multi-actor approach will be used in the testing activities to evaluate the QuantiFarm Toolkit and validate the Assessment Framework by testing the various DATs in real life conditions, across 3 iterations/growing seasons (WP4). The outcomes will be transformed into policy recommendations (WP5) and will feed the QuantiFarm DIA that will help build the capacities of farmers’ advisors in DATs. Finally, a WP on dissemination, ecosystem building and exploitation (WP6), will guarantee the wider dissemination and knowledge transfer in a multi-actor context of the outputs of the project. QuantiFarm includes 32 partners, 12 of them representing farmers and advisors.
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2595 DA Den Haag
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20133 Milano
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18545 Peiraias
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7800-502 Beja
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00186 Roma
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570 01 THERMI THESSALONIKI
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21000 Novi Sad
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3011 XZ Rotterdam
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00790 Helsinki
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118 55 ATHINA
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1000 Sofia
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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R93 Carlow
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47071 Valladolid
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29122 PIACENZA
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3000 Leuven
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6708 PV Wageningen
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75012 Paris
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144 51 METAMORPHOSIS ATHENS
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014162 Bucuresti
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89167 Mazeikiai
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1009 Riga
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10000 Zagreb
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76-231 Damnica
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84-300 LEBORK
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2150 160 GOLEGA
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9000 Murska Sobota
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21000 Novi Sad
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07010 Palma De Mallorca
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2409 Nicosia
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1700 Fribourg
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W10 5AD London
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