Precision Farming Ecosystem for Digital Skills enhancement across CE, to support digitalisation, sustainability and specialisation of Agri food manufacturing SMEs in Precision Farming transition
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central EuropeDescription
5 Precision Farming pilot courses for SMEs digitalisation and specialisation(EN)
5 Transnational living labs to stimulate digital knowledge transfer and cooperation between SME, talents and R&D centers(EN)
Regional Action Plans to support Regional specialisation and digitalisation of SMEs across Central Europe(EN)
Thematic information
Priority: (VI-B_CE_1) Cooperating for a smarter central Europe
Priority specific objective: RSO1.4. Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship
Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO1 A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity
Type of intervention: 021 SME business development and internationalisation, including productive investments
Partners (11)
Lead Partner: Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT08183101008 | 97231970589 | Codice Fiscale (EN)
Department: Viticulture Oenology
Address: Via della Navicella, 00184 Roma, Italy
Department address: via XXVIII aprile, 31015 Conegliano, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: National public authority
Website: https://www.crea.gov.it/
Total budget: EUR 291 250.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 233 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 58 250.00
- Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. w Bielsku-Białej
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Name: Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. w Bielsku-Białej
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950925436
Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL5470168981
Address: ul. Cieszyńska, 43-382 Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Department address: ul. Cieszyńska, 43-382 Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Sectoral agency
Website: http://www.arrsa.pl
Total budget: EUR 162 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 129 600.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 32 400.00
- Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet strojarstva I brodogradnje
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Name: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet strojarstva I brodogradnje
Department: Department of Energy, Power Engineering and Environment
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996827485
Partner’s ID if not PIC: HR22910368449
Address: Ivana Lucica, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Department address: Ivana Lucica, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.fsb.unizg.hr/index.php?fsbonline
Total budget: EUR 162 700.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 130 160.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 32 540.00
- Magyar Agrár és Élettudományi Egyetem
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Name: Magyar Agrár és Élettudományi Egyetem
Department: Institute for Viticulture and Oenology
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 891269563
Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU19294784
Address: Páter Károly u., 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
Department address: Villányi út, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.uni-mate.hu
Total budget: EUR 176 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 140 800.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 35 200.00
- Univerza v Mariboru
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Name: Univerza v Mariboru
Department: Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999903646
Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI71674705
Address: Slomškov trg, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Department address: Pivola, 2311 Hoče, Slovenia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://um.si
Total budget: EUR 199 800.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 159 840.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 39 960.00
- Plan4all z.s.
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Name: Plan4all z.s.
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 930230292
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 03698416 | Identification number in the Czech legislation (EN)
Address: K Rybnicku, 33012 Horni Briza, Czech Republic
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: https://www.plan4all.eu/
Total budget: EUR 202 600.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 162 080.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 40 520.00
- Fondazione Fenice Onlus
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Name: Fondazione Fenice Onlus
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 941925970
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT04152340289
Address: lungargine Rovetta, 35127 Padova, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: https://www.fondazionefenice.it/
Total budget: EUR 211 450.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 169 160.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 42 290.00
- Federazione Nazionale Costruttori Macchine per l’Agricoltura il Giardinaggio e la Componentistica
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Name: Federazione Nazionale Costruttori Macchine per l’Agricoltura il Giardinaggio e la Componentistica
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT04227291004
Address: Viale Aldo Moro, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Business support organisation
Website: https://www.federunacoma.it/
Total budget: EUR 232 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 185 600.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 46 400.00
- EIT Digital IVZW
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Name: EIT Digital IVZW
Department: Professional School
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 954616286
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0831431639
Address: Rue Guimard, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Department address: Bogdánfy Street, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Other
Website: http://www.eitdigital.eu
Total budget: EUR 225 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 180 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 45 000.00
- Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
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Name: Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
Department: Sensors and Communication
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996537940
Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU52054707
Address: Altenberger Straße, 4040 Linz, Austria
Department address: Altenberger Straße, 4040 Linz, Austria
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.lcm.at
Total budget: EUR 204 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 163 200.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 40 800.00
- Josephinum Research
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Name: Josephinum Research
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 908121082
Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU66076523
Address: Rottenhauser Straße, 3250 Wieselburg, Austria
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.josephinum.at/forschung-und-pruefung/agrartechnik.html
Total budget: EUR 260 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 208 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 52 000.00
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Summary
Project acronym: AGRI-DIGITAL GROWTH
Project ID: CE0200761
Project start date: 2024-06-01
Project end date: 2026-11-30
Project status: ongoing
Relevant linked projects:
- Interreg CE TRANSFARM 4.0 (EN) | Some of the partners participated to TRANSFARM 4.0 which developed 3 precision farming solutions and promoted the valorisation of the precision farming within industrial regional specialisations.
- While TRANSFARM activities has been very vertical and focused on innovation and knowledge development, in DIGITAL SKILLS 4 PRECISE FARM the partnership will focus on the knowledge transfer upskilling young talents and reskilling traditional agri food manufacturing SMEs.
- The partnership will capitalise the TRANSFARM experience, knowledge and results. In particular the map and the catalogue of precision farming providers that will be updated with the Precision Farming knowledge hub in which strategic skill for the sector are detained and can act as flywheel for traditional manufacturing innovation. (EN), Horizon Europe AGRARSENSE (1.1.2023-31.12.2025) (EN) | The project AGRARSENSE, in which LP CREA is partner, counts 57 partners from across European industrial and research organisations from 15 countries (16 Large Enterprises, 25 SMEs and 16 Research & Technology Organisations). The project aims to support the development of advanced sensory and autonomous machineries connecting excellence organisations across Europe. Even though the AGRARSENSE involves 15 counties, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary are DIGITAL SKILLS 4 PRECISE FARM will cooperate with AGRASENSE improving the transfer of high tech skills and solutions to Central Europe regions. (EN), Agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) (EN) | The agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) is now part of the EU CAP Network and works to foster competitive and sustainable farming and forestry that 'achieves more and better from less'. The Operational groups are realising and testing and applying innovative technologies in the field through an interactive approach. DIGITAL SKILLS 4 PRECISE FARM through living labs will create synergies with this EU program.
- CREA, have been partner of some of this groups (IRRIVISION; GESOVIT; ROVITIS) improving vineyard management and testing new technologies for making more sustainable. (EN), EDIH AI driven digital transformation of SMEs - towards Industry 5.0 production processes (AI5production) (EN) | The EDIH AI5production has a regional focus to the north-east of Austria and mainly addresses manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps in Vienna, Upper Austria and Lower Austria. The overall objective of the EDIH AI5production is to consolidate the Industry 4.0 maturity of SMEs and mid-caps in the region and transfer them to Industry 5.0 companies by providing all four foreseen service pillars of an EDIH. This will be achieved by offering established test before invest infrastructure and excellent services and support in the areas: Artificial Intelligence, Design, Digital Production, and Cybersecurity.
- Synergies arise between the proposed project and the project AI5production by cooperating and coordinating knowledge transfer activities and exploiting know-how and output of the other project. (https://ai5production.at/) (EN), ESA OSIP Pixel Twins (EN) | The project “Pixel twins – integrating Earth’s surface into the internet of things” aims at defining small fragments of the earth’s surface (“pixels”) as identifiable and addressable IoT objects. Earth Observation Data by ESA will be integrated with the data from local sensors into an open-source platform using Fiware. The Smart Farming use case targets the combination of earth observation data and IoT data to enhance the soil moisture measurement and provide a timely ans spacial continuous estimation. The know-how and result can be also integrate into the proposed project for knowledge transfer. (https://www.lcm.at/en/first-pixeltwin-use-case-plant-growth-information-as-an-iot-object/) (EN), EcoDaLLi (EN) | UNIZAG FSB participates in Horizon Europe project EcoDaLLi - "ECOsystem-based governance with DAnube lighthouse Living Lab for sustainable Innovation processes", which aims to support innovators to connect to governance structures, provides and maintains networks, through dedicated Living Labs for knowledge co-creation, workshops, a custom made digital portal for synergies, and innovation support services, to experiment with new solutions, helping the innovation ecosystem to create circular services towards Sustainable Blue Economy in the Danube Basin and beyond. Synergies between the proposed project and EcoDaLLi arise in digitalization of farming sector. Both projects contribute to the uptake of digital technologies in farming, through tools such as Living Labs. (EN), SME4DD (SMEs for the Digital Decade) (EN) | EIT Digital within SME4DD project will realise three short-term training programmes for based on the needs of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises needs in the topics of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cybersecurity.
- The methodology used for the design of this tailored upskilling programs will be used as a base to design specific skills for pilot courses of the present proposal tailored to the agricultural world. (EN), Horizon Europe - TRANSF4NUM - Transformation for sustainable nutrient supply and management (EN) | Nature-based solutions in agriculture can help with climate change adaptation and disaster-risk reduction. Solutions include restoration, improved land management, carbon storage and conservation. DigitalSkills4PreciseFarm will collaborate with the trans4num consortium on hackathons aiming to attract farm advisors, developers and other actors from precision farming and nature based solutions to come up with innovative solutions for farmers, the society and the environment. Plan4all is a partner of trans4num and will be a liaison between the two projects. (EN), H2020 TRADEINN (EN) | Traditional or family-led businesses often stay away from possibilities offered by modern technologies due to a belief that they are not suited for them. What they usually have in mind are the impressive, advanced technologies based on IT, IoT, AI, AR or VR, whereas there exist many more choices offering real potential for their specific profiles. To that end, the EU-funded TRADINN project's goal is to build a strategy tailored for traditional business environments. The project's actions will efficiently promote innovations that can empower traditional businesses operating in fields such as agriculture, forestry, gastronomy or legal accounting services and convince entrepreneurs to choose among the many powerful combinations of new technologies and smart solutions for traditional products and services. FENICE Experience gained in Tradinn will be transferred to the present project and applied to the field of precision agriculture and digitalisation of manufacturing SMEs in CE (EN), Erasmus SDG4BIZ (EN) | Knowledge Alliance for Business Opportunities in SDGs (SDG4BIZ) creates, tests and disseminates a curriculum and training material on recognizing and realizing the business opportunities in SDGs. The topic of sustainability will be integrated in the knowledge developed within the project as a basic condition for a long term sustainable development of the sector. Precision farming strictly connect with SDG and with reducing the environmental impact of the sector. (EN), Interreg CE 4STEPS project (EN) | Experience and Industry4.0 training programs implemented during the project will be used in further development of the IT skills necessary to strengthen the work force potential of the precise farming. Advance technology trainings on IoT, Data Management, VR, ER, AR and 3D modelling skills are the basics of future skills and implemented into the farming systems will greatly improve economical position and effectiveness of the sector. (EN), EDIH Innovate (EN) | The European Digital Innovation Hub Innovate in Austria provides several services for SMEs, especially education service and networking events and exchange with other EDIH's in Europe. (EN), JR Innovation Farm (EN) | Josephinum Research is running a so called „Innovation Farm“ (https://www.innovationfarm.at/) where experiments and trials are running, in cooperation with other education institutes the results of the experiments is then forwarded to the target groups.
- A2.3 transnational living labs align and create synergy with the JR Innovation Farm (EN), Interreg Danube Region Programme RISE (EN) | the present project will create synergies across the agricultural industry value chain with RISE project as the two project tackle the upskillng of of two consequent phases of the agri food value chain: the present project supports the improvement of digital competences in SMEs of the agricultural machinery field, while the RISE project focuses in the upskilling and renovation of the food sector (EN)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 326 800.00
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 861 440.00
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%
Co-financing sources:
- ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 861 440.00. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
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Deliverables:
- Synoptic Overview of the Skills of the PF specialist in the field of Agri food manufacturing
- Precision Farming Knowledge Transfer Ecosystem bylaw
- Report on SMEs adhesion on the ecosystem
- Map of the centers of knowledge in Central Europe and update of Transfarm outputs
- report of the Call for Talent
- database of talents &
- competences
- definition of the 5 courses program
- 5 precision farming pilot courses available on the EIT Digital platform (O1.2)
- Living labs knowledge transfer activity program
- 1 joint report resuming the 5 experiences in living labs and relative results (O2.1)
- Toolkit for agrifood manufacturing SMEs digitalisation
- Transnational workshop for CE validation of Precision Farming Skills demand report
- International study visit in one of the living labs
- Transnational round table on project results for knowledge transfer and uptake report
- report of 20 open days with schools
- recommendation to educational institutions and representatives
- report of 20 Open Days of the Ecosystem presenting project results at local level
- report presenting project best practices to main agricultural exhibition
- 9 regional action plans providing input for Regional Industrial Smart Specialisation Strategy (O3.1)
- signed Memorandum of Understandings to continue transnational collaboration over project end
Contribution to wider strategies and policies:
- EUStrategyAlpineRegion The project contribute to EUSALP strategy in particular with specific objectives n2 supporting innovation
- -making use of cluster initiatives, stimulating precision farming development and SMEs digitalisation across CE and exploiting already existing hub of knowledge within the Alpine area;
- -bridging different policies and efforts in order to stimulate the transformation of the industrial structure and drive job creation and growth, the project aims to support regional decision makers in defining regional policies in particular Smart Specialisation strategies;
- -moving higher up value chains or adjusting products and services to the green economy, Precision farming can be the opportunity to enhance sustainability of the whole value chain connected withe primary sector. The farming sector at an higher level creating new more specialised job opportunities and improving the working conditions of primary sector. The proposal will act not only to farm level but across the value chain and it is especially focused toward the SMEs which can strongly benefit from a digitalisation of services.
- EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion DIGITAL SKILLS 4 PRECISE FARMS will indirectly contribute to the EUSAIR strategy, especially in the third pillar Environmental Quality. The transfer of digital skills to SMEs will result in the development of device and services Safe and Sustainable by Design resulting in more sustainable practices of the primary sector reducing water and soil pollutants.
- EUStrategyDanubeRegion The project responds to several priority areas (PA) in 3 out of 4 pillars of the Danube region strategy.
- In Pillar 2 PA4 Water quality and PA6 Biodiversity, Landscapes and Air & Soil Quality: improving awareness and knowledge will support innovative more sustainable farming practices across CE, preventing and reducing water pollution from point and diffuse sources in the Danube Region as well maintaining and improving of soil quality.
- In Pillar 3 PA3 People and skills, our proposal is aligned and work in synergy with :
- -Action1 maintaining Intensify Cooperation in Labour Market Policies bringing together labour market stakeholders to enhance peer learning/peer counselling counteract skills mismatch, providing vocational re-education and re-training;
- -Action 2: Digitalisation and Innovation in the World of Work reducing the digital divide (by age, gender, region, high and low skilled work) on labour markets;
- -Action 5: Quality and Efficiency of Education and Training Systems: our proposal identify skills demanded from traditional agrifood manufacturing sector promoting the adaptation of educational programs to SMEs needs.
- - Action 6: Relevant and High-Quality Knowledge, Skills and Competences in particular strengthening transversal and key competences, as entrepreneurship, addressing the development of digital competences.
- EuropeanGreenDeal The EU Green Deal aims to make Europe the first continent climate-neutral by 2050. To reach this ambitious goal strong synergies between the different sectors are needed. In this perspective our proposal bring together different actors of the value chain: end users (farmers), innovators (research centres and young talents) , SMEs ( from manufacturing and digital sectors), regional decision makers. This multi-actor approach allow to create sustainable by design products sized on the customer needs stimulating entrepreneurship initiatives to promote more sustainable farming practices. Our action respond to several pillars of the Eu Green Deal:
- -future-proof jobs and skills training for the transition (WP2 talents identification, upskilling and involvement in a working environment);
- -globally competitive and resilient industry, longer lasting products that can be repaired, recycled and re-used, cutting-edge technological innovation(innovation of the state of art of agriculture with new practices, devices and digital services);
- -healthy and affordable food, fresh air, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity (promote sustainable agricultural practices that have a reduced impact on the environment).
- TerritorialAgenda2030 the present proposal aligns with Territorial Agenda 2030 stimulating a balanced territorial development, through transnational collaboration in Central Europe favouring the development of precision farming and knowledge transfer from agricultural competence hubs to SMEs promoting the digitalisation and innovation of capacities across the whole the value chain. The actions foreseen in the project involve different decision makers levels, but especially those involved in the S3 strategies promoting regional specialisation.
- Other European Skills Agenda
- Pact for Skills - The Pact aims to support public and private organisations with upskilling and reskilling, so they can thrive through the green and digital transitions.
- Pact for skills aims to upskill and reskill the current workforce and make the agri-food ecosystem more attractive to young people, while providing a career and life-long learning perspective to both employers and worker. This Eu initiatives brings together different stakeholders aiming to stimulate the upgrade of digital skills of current workforce in the agrifood sector. The present proposal aligns with pact for skills, stimulating a collaboration between SMEs R&D centers farmers and students to enhance digital competences in agrifood sector.
- Other The Digital Decade policy programme, with concrete targets and objectives for 2030, will guide Europe’s digital transformation in four pillars: Skills, Digital Transformation of businesses, Building Secure and sustainable digital infrastructures and Digitalising of public services. Project activity aligns with the first two pillars upskilling people improving digital competencies and supporting the digitalisation of businesses. This second action target especially SMEs of the agricultural machinery sector that lack behind in digital competences and struggle to keep the pace of digitalisation.
- Other EU Rural Action Plan
- The plan aims to develop a stronger (focus on empowering rural communities), connected (improving connectivity in terms of digital access), resilient (offering access to training courses and diverse quality job opportunities) prosperous (diversifying economic activities and improve the value added of farming and agri-food activities).
- The proposal will work in synergy with EU Rural Action Plan developing new digital competences in the rural population across Central Europe improving quality of life and job opportunities in the agrifood value chain.
Programme Common Output Indicator:
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RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
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RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
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RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
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RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
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RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
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RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:
Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSALP
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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR
Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR
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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe
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