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Bringing together the Knowledge for Better Agriculture Monitoring

Project description

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Earth observation in the service of agriculture

Earth observation technologies provide unique opportunities in agriculture. The EU-funded EO4AGRI project will combine Copernicus satellite observation data with exploitation of associated geospatial and socio-economic information services to improve operational agriculture monitoring from local to global levels. The project will support the implementation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), focusing on the CAP2020 reform, the requirements of Paying Agencies, the Integrated Administration and Control System processes, and specifications of data-driven farming services in interaction with farmers, farmer associations and agro-food industry. EO4AGRI will consider EC investments employment into Copernicus Data and Information Access Services to assess information concerning land use and agricultural service needs.

Objective

The main objective of EO4AGRI is to catalyze the evolution of the European capacity for improving operational agriculture monitoring from local to global levels based on information derived from Copernicus satellite observation data and through exploitation of associated geospatial and socio-economic information services.
EO4AGRI assists the implementation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with special attention to the CAP2020 reform, to requirements of Paying Agencies, and for the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) processes.
EO4AGRI works with farmers, farmer associations and agro-food industry on specifications of data-driven farming services with focus on increasing the utilization of EC investments into Copernicus Data and Information Services (DIAS).
EO4AGRI addresses global food security challenges coordinated within the G20 Global Agricultural Monitoring initiative (GEOGLAM) capitalizing on Copernicus Open Data as input to the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEW-NET).
EO4AGRI assesses information about land-use and agricultural service needs and offers to financial investors and insurances and the potential added value of fueling those services with Copernicus information.
The EO4AGRI team consists of 11 organizations, complementary in their roles and expertise, covering a good part of the value-chain with a significant relevant networking capital as documented in numerous project affiliations and the formal support declarations collected for EO4AGRI. All partners show large records of activities either in Copernicus RTD, governmental functions, or downstream service operations. The Coordinator of EO4AGRI is a major industrial player with proven capacities to lead H2020 projects.
The EO4AGRI project methodology is a combination of community building; service gap analysis; technology watch; strategic research agenda design and policy recommendations; dissemination (incl. organization of hackathons).

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Call for proposal

H2020-SPACE-2018-2020

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Sub call

H2020-SPACE-2018

Funding Scheme

CSA - Coordination and support action

Coordinator

ATOS SPAIN SA
Net EU contribution
€ 311 250,00
Address
CALLE DE ALBARRACIN 25
28037 Madrid
Spain

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Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost
€ 311 250,00

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