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Interview Series: Pilot 5.3 – Pollination Optimisation
In this edition of our Interview Series, we learn about Pilot 5.3 that is being led by PCSS (Poznańskie Centrum Superkomputerowo-Sieciowe). Can you tell us about your organisation and your involvement in DEMETER? The Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC), affiliated with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, is an internationally...
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Smart Agriculture, Agriculture 4.0: the Digital Transformation of the agricultural sector
Project partners, Engineering, have published a white paper on Smart Agriculture, Agriculture 4.0: the Digital Transformation of the agricultural sector and highlighted DEMETER as a use case which aims to drive the digitisation of agriculture in Europe, fostering scientific excellence, a competitive industry and providing answers to the challenges facing society. Food, land, water, the...
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Farmers are the most trusted group within the food sector says a report by EIT Food
A study of 20,000 consumers across 18 European countries reveals trust in the food sector has increased over the course of 2020, yet the majority of consumers don’t consider the sector to be working in the public interest. The EIT Food Trust Report surveyed 19 800 consumers from 18 European countries to measure trust in...
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DEMETER featured at the UDG Research Day 2021
For the tenth year in a row, the University of Donja Gorica has organized its Research Day, which is traditionally held on April 4, and which also marks the Students’ Day. As part of the Research Day, researchers and students present their research papers and projects that have been published and implemented in the current...
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IoF2020 Final Event Summary
François Lienard, IoF2020 Ecosystem Development, Schuttelaar & Partners International. IoF2020 recently held its final event that lasted three days and was filled with over 40 presentations and sessions showing the various trials and tribulations faced by the project. With over 500 visitors, 35 interactive booths, 120 speakers and guests the event was a great success....
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Interview Series: Ramón Alcarria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
In this edition of our Interview Series, we talk to Ramón Alcarria from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid to learn more about the Pilot 5.2 that he is leading. Can you tell us a bit about your organisation and your involvement in the DEMETER project? The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is the oldest and largest Spanish...
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IoT technologies, data science and smart farming- OGC session
The agriculture sector is characterized by multiple actors working in different constellations together or side by side. Each one with own interests and different conditions reaching from intensive high yield production to biodiversity and landscape protection, different fruits or animals, and over the various climatic conditions or legal frameworks of nations. Regarding an increasing implementation...
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Interview Series: Nenad Gligoric, DNET
In our interview series, we now move to Pilot Cluster 5, the last of the DEMETER pilot clusters. We catch up with Nenad Gligoric from DNET Labs who is the Pilot Cluster 5 leader. The goal of this cluster is to run pilots across several sectors (fruit, vineyards, cattle, poultry) and to address both supply...
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DEMETER & ATLAS discussed at SmartAgriFood event
DEMETER and our sister project ATLAS were discussed at a recent event in Italy ‘Smart Agrifood: Condivisione e Informazione, Gli Ingredienti per L’Innovazione’ (SmartAgrifood: sharing and information, ingredients for innovation) held on the 5th March 2021. The event presented the results of the research on digital farming in Italy conducted by the Digital Innovation Observatory...
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Open Call Winners announced
The DEMETER Open Call #1, DEVELOP, aimed to attract and engage startups and SMEs with technology products that can be implemented within the agro-business sector. Five specific challenges were addressed by the Open Call. In total, 61 applications were received from 21 countries. Following a review of the proposals, we are delighted to announce the...
