Project description
Improving decision support systems in agriculture
Crop protection and pest control are major economic concerns throughout Europe. Current decision support systems (DSSs) for farmers provide limited advice mainly because they are region-specific and pest control solutions lack adequate assessment for safety and efficacy. The EU-funded IPM Decisions project intends to create a new and improved DSS integrated with data, tools and resources via a European-wide online platform. Platform users will form an Integrated Pest Management Decisions Network that will include growers, consultants, researchers and agricultural organisations who will develop and disseminate up-to-date solutions for pest management. The project will have a tremendous impact across Europe by improving pest control efficiency and securing better economic returns in agriculture.
Objective
The ‘IPM Decisions’ project proposed here will accelerate impact from farm Decision Support Systems (DSS) for IPM, as advocated in the Sustainable Use Directive. The impact of DSS in crop protection has been constrained by regional and sectoral fragmentation of actors, inadequate testing of DSS and quantification of their benefits, DSS addressing single pests whilst farmer decisions need to account for multiple pests, and DSS which are insufficiently risk-averse. We will address these constraints and enable innovation by creating a ‘one stop shop’ delivering DSS, data, tools and resources through a pan-European online Platform and an ‘IPM Decisions Network’. The latter forming a community of users and stakeholders. Users will be farmers and advisers, and applied research or industry organisations that deliver or develop DSS. Each type of user will access the Platform via a tailored Dashboard, specific to their requirements. The project consortium brings together multi-actor participants from research, crop protection industry, ICT, meteorological services, policy, farming, advisory and extension organisations. Participants in IPM Decisions are also participants in relevant European projects and networks, enabling efficient engagement and impact. The focus will be on delivering DSS for key pests of major outdoor crops. Integrating key examples of contrasting DSS on the Platform will address urgent needs and demonstrate that the Platform has the functionality required for wide impact. Longevity of the Platform and Dashboards beyond the life of the project will be aided by minimizing the resources required to maintain and update the system, and a realistic business plan. Software, scientific publications and research data will be open access. IPM Decisions addresses all the requirements of part A of SFS-06-2018-2020. The outcomes from this project will support the EU wide demonstration farm network to be established under part B of the call.
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G41 1DX Glasgow
United Kingdom
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WA6 0AR Cheshire
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8000 Aarhus C
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CV8 2TL Kenilworth
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11855 ATHINA
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85354 Freising
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21006 Dijon
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75008 Paris
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35042 Rennes
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82017 Montauban Cedex
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00187 Roma
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6708 PV Wageningen
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00144 ROMA
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1000 Ljubljana
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LT-58344 KEDAINIU R
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00790 Helsinki
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75007 Paris
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2200 KOBENHAVN N
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1430 Aas
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0313 Oslo
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AL5 2JQ Herts
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750 07 Uppsala
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1609 KOBENHAVN
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SK8 6QG Cheadle
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185 45 PIRAEUS
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18545 Peiraias
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EC2V 7NQ London
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L20 7HS Bootle Merseyside
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75016 Paris
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CB21 5XE Cambridge
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5000 Odense
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8200 Aarhus N
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