Descripción del proyecto
Fortalecimiento de la agricultura de precisión
La política agrícola común (PAC) de la Unión Europea tiene como objetivo apoyar una agricultura resiliente, sostenible y competitiva. Sin embargo, el aumento de la población y el cambio climático están dificultando la producción sostenible de alimentos y el desarrollo rural. Esto obliga a los agricultores a aplicar algunos métodos bastante costosos y que requieren mucho tiempo. Las herramientas de «software» de agricultura de precisión podrían facilitar a los agricultores el seguimiento, la gestión y la maximización de los rendimientos e ingresos de los cultivos y la conservación de los recursos. En este contexto, en el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos Ceres, se desarrollará una herramienta de control para la agricultura de precisión por «software» diseñada especialmente para los técnicos por la empresa eFoodPrint. Incorporará una dimensión de sostenibilidad para hacer frente a los desafíos agrícolas urgentes, reduciendo al mismo tiempo los costes y el tiempo de los servicios técnicos avanzados y limitando los gastos de la PAC hasta un 40 %.
Objetivo
To ensure enough food production and limit its environmental impact, EU invests half of its total budget in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Yet, farmers struggle to comply with legislation and implement sustainable and cost-efficient production models and seek advice from technical experts. Technicians must therefore monitor the farms and analyse complex systems, which is time-consuming and challenging. Software Precision farming has recently emerged as a tool which enables to monitor, analyse and optimise agricultural production and perfectly fits with technician needs. Nowadays, however, farm management options target producers offering a service to substitute technicians. This strategy obviates that technicians are high skilled professionals conscious of both the forthcoming agricultural endeavours and the potential of management software to tackle them. Thus, it is through them that eventually producers would get involved in precision farming. Through Ceres we aim at developing a software precision farming management tool designed for technicians which integrates a sustainability dimension to tackle agricultural challenges. Ceres is a software designed specifically for technicians to manage several farms and a wide range of factors influencing the supply chain. Ceres is a software designed specifically for technicians to manage all the factors involved in managing several farms, reducing expenditure in fertilization (up to 70%), water consumption (up to 30%) and phytosanitary products (30%) as well as delivering sustainability indexes, traceability and prediction tools. It will enable technicians to save up to 40% of their own time investment, being able to lower their cost services up to 35% and reach new clients (use of Ceres could reduce CAP expenses in 40%). eFoodPrint’s broad experience in the agro-food software enabled us to satisfied producers’ demands and raised their competitiveness. We forecasted a R.O.I of 5.5 with a pay-back period of 40 month
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitycryptography
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
25165 JUNCOSA - (LLEIDA)
España
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.