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New publication: Building an interoperable space for smart agriculture
Researchers in DEMETER from the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems, Athens, Greece; Walton Institute, Ireland; University of Murcia, Spain; Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland and Odin Solutions, Spain have recently published a paper ‘Building an interoperable space for smart agriculture’. The paper is available in Digital Communications and Networks https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcan.2022.02.004 One of the main...
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Understanding farmers’ adoption of smart technology
DEMETER follows a multi-actor approach (MAA) ensuring that newly developed technical solutions meet real life needs. Farmers are a key stakeholder group within the DEMETER ecosystem. Understanding their needs, interests and concerns regarding digital technologies is central to a positive outcome for the project. With this in mind, we created an online survey to share...
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Article developed under DEMETER selected as Editor’s Choice Article
The article “Evaluating the Single-Shot MultiBox Detector and YOLO Deep Learning Models for the Detection of Tomatoes in a Greenhouse”, developed under H2020 DEMETER has been selected as an “Editor’s Choice Article” in Sensors MDPI . The article was authored by Sandro Augusto Magalhães (INESC TEC and University of Porto), Luís Castro (INESC TEC and University...
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Women in Agriculture – Georgian Farmers’ Association
In this blog post, Irina Tkhelidze, Project Manager at the Georgian Farmers’ Association (GFA) and DEMETER partner shares with us the many initiatives they are involved with to support women in agriculture. The economic empowerment of women is of paramount importance and an absolute prerequisite to achieve gender equality and sustainable development. Unfortunately, at the...
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The Farmer’s Voice – DEMETER survey and webinar
On 31st March, DEMETER held ‘ The Farmer’s Voice‘ webinar to share the results of our survey to better understand the drivers and barriers to farmers’ adoption of smart technologies. The webinar was organised in association with the World Farmer’s Organisation (WFO) and THRIVE | SVG Ventures. Panels of experts including farmers, technology providers and...
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New publication: The importance of data quality assessment for machinery data in the field of agriculture
Researchers from DEMETER, Morteza Abdipourchenarestansofla of John Deere and Christof Schroth of Fraunhofer IESE have a new publication titled ‘The importance of data quality assessment for machinery data in the field of agriculture”. The pilot study in DEMETER ‘In-Service Monitoring of Agricultural Machinery” is used to investigate data quality issues for machinery data. This use...
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DEMETER to participate in IoT Week 2022
This year, Dublin will host the 11th edition of the international IoT Week conference. IoT Week 2021 will be held in Croke Conference Centre from June 20th to 23rd 2022, providing ample opportunities for learning about IoT challenges and opportunities as well as networking with businesses, industries and academia from around the world. In a...
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DEMETER presented at IEEE 2022 conference
The 26th IEEE International Scientific and Professional Conference on Information Technology (virtual) took place from 16-19th February. UDG and DunavNET researchers presented DEMETER in the session dedicated to presentation of project results for the projects implemented in Montenegro and the region. The presentation included the project description and discussion of experiences related to the pilots implemented in Montenegro...
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The Farmer’s Voice: Barriers and Drivers to Technology Adoption
DEMETER in association with SVG Ventures | THRIVE is organizing an online event titled ‘The Farmer’s Voice: Discussing Drivers and Barriers to Technology Adoption’ on 31st March at 2-3.30PM (CET). The webinar will share results of the recent DEMETER survey which aimed to better understand farmers’ needs, interests and concerns regarding the adoption and use of Smart Farming Technologies....
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DEMETER Open Call #2 update
To increase the outreach of the DEMETER value proposition, beyond the 20 agri-food pilots currently running, DEMETER launched its Open Call #2 – DEPLOY to fund small consortia of 2-3 partners for the deployment of new, high-value pilots in the agri-food sector. These new pilots will focus on employing DEMETER methodologies and technologies, addressing clear...
