Project description
Improving data collection in agriculture
Agriculture sensors provide data assisting farmers in monitoring and optimising crops by adapting to changes in the environmental conditions. Integrating these data with other data derived from satellites could further enhance regional agricultural monitoring but would require a paradigm shift in the data ownership and governance models. The vision of the EU-funded ScaleAgData project is to gain insight into how integrated data streams should be governed to the benefit of all stakeholders, especially the farmers. By upscaling these data, this wealth of information can be shared with a larger farmer community, thus shrinking the technological inequality in the sector. Specific attention will be paid to innovations in sensor technology, edge computing, data analytics and novel Earth observation products.
Objective
Clear targets have been defined by the EU for a more competitive and sustainable agriculture (Green Deal). This requires data-driven decision making for farmers, governments and other policy makers, yet there is a severe reference-data gap when observations are needed at the local level. An underexploited source of data is generated by sensors used in agriculture, as they capture crucial information on the crops and the surrounding agri-environmental conditions. Tapping into this source and upscaling them the integration with other data (e.g. satellite) could result in enhanced capacities for regional agri-environmental monitoring. This would require a paradigm shift on how the monitoring systems work, and on the issues of data ownership and governance.
The vision of ScaleAgData is thus to gain insight in (i) how these data streams should be governed to the benefit of all stakeholders, especially the farmers, and (ii) how these data can be integrated in the regional agri-environmental monitoring datasets. Through this upscaling, this wealth of information can be shared with a larger farmer community, thus shrinking the technological inequality in the sector. Specific attention will be paid to innovations in sensor technology, edge computing, data analytics, and novel EO-based products.
These innovations will be co-designed and showcased in 6 Research and Innovation Labs, each with their specific thematic focus and spread across Europe. This will enable the assessment of the proposed innovations and data governance frameworks, and demonstrating added values of the improved monitoring capabilities for a range of users, including small-scale and agro-ecological farmers, the financial sector, and policy makers.
With these outcomes, ScaleAgData aims at contributing to the overall competitiveness and sustainability performance of the European agricultural sector, and to the work of the HE candidate partnership “Agriculture of Data” and the Soil Mission.
Fields of science
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
2400 Mol
Belgium
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Participants (27)
9820 Merelbeke
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1070-061 LISBOA
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13500 PUERTOLLANO
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28760 Tres Cantos (Madrid)
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18545 Peiraias
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106 82 ATHINA
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02150 Espoo
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00790 Helsinki
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02150 Espoo
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60 163 Poznan
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61 704 Poznan
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29122 PIACENZA
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41012 Sevilla
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28359 Bremen
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28359 Bremen
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27404 Zeven
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11016 KIRYAT SHEMONA
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4126 CESU NOVADS
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06560 Valbonne
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8210 Zedelgem
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8800 Roeselare
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546 36 THESSALONIKI
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39100 Bolzano
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0179 TIBLISI
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9000 Gent
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2970 Hoersholm
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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