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Interview with farmers from Plantaze participating in DEMETER
Milena Peruničić and Katarina Pavićević from ’13. jul Plantaže’, one of biggest and most important producers of grapes, wines and grape brandy in South Eastern Europe, talk to us about their experience in DEMETER. The video in Montenegrin is available below and English subtitles are available by clicking the subtitles/closed captions (CC) option. Milena, can...
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Interview with farmer participating in DEMETER (Georgian)
ფერმერების გამოკითხვა – კითხვები შეგიძლიათ წარმოგიდგინოთ საკუთარი თავი და გვითხრათ თქვენი მეურნეობის შესახებ? მე ვარ ედვარდ შერმადინი სოფელი ღვლევიდან, ქარელის მუნიციპალიტეტი, შიდა ქართლი. მე ვმართავ მეურნეობას, სადაც მომყავს ვაშლი 17 ჰექტარზე, ალუბალი 3 ჰექტარზე, ყურძენი 2 ჰექტარზე და მარწყვი 2 ჰექტარზე. როგორ ჩაერთეთ DEMETER პროექტში? მე ჩავერთე DEMETER პროექტში საქართველოს ფერმერთა ასოციაციის მეშვეობით. რომელ ტექნოლოგიას...
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Interview with farmer involved in DEMETER pilot
Edvard Shermandini from Georgia explains more about his experience in the DEMETER project. Edvard is involved in Pilot 5.1 ‘Disease Prediction and Supply Chain Transparency for Orchards/Vineyards’. The pilot focuses on complete farm management in vineyards and orchards, providing pest and disease management tools to optimise pesticide usage and increase crop quality. It is running in Serbia,...
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DEMETER presents at AgriTech 4.0 conference
DEMETER participated in the AgriTech 4.0 virtual conference which took place on January 29th and February 19th. The conference explored the wide range of opportunities available through programmes, development, support, and investment opportunities, and examined how new and changing technologies will influence the agriculture environment over the next 25 years, providing sustainable food solutions. DEMETER...
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Interview Series: Bernadette O’Brien from Teagasc
In this edition of our Interview Series, we talk to Bernadette O’Brien, a Researcher Officer from Teagasc in Ireland to learn more about the pilot 4.3 that she is leading in Pilot Cluster 4. Can you tell us a bit about your organisation and involvment in DEMETER? Teagasc is the state agency in Ireland responsible...
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A Knowledge Graph for the Agri-Food Sector
Our colleague Raul Palma from the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) has written a blog post for Metaphacts explaining how Knowledge Graph technology can address data integration challenges in the agri food sector, showcasing it through a few use cases. He describes how he leveraged metaphactory to build a domain-specific application – FOODIE – that...
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DEMETER featured at Academia-Industry Cooperation workshop
The DEMETER project was featured in a presentation given by UDG, Plantaze, and DNET at the Academia-Industry Cooperation workshop organized withing VIRAL project on the 9th February 2021. The partners presented several projects in the domain of smart agriculture including H2020 TagItWine, DIPOL, H2020 DEMETER, and VIRAL. More info on VIRAL website here A video...
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Interview Series: Antonio Caruso from Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. (ENG)
In this edition of our Interview Series, we talk to Antonio Caruso from Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. (ENG), Italy to learn more about the pilot he is leading in Pilot Cluster 4. Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your organisation and your involvement in the DEMETER project? I’m Antonio Caruso, technical manager at...
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DEMETER presented at AEF Tech Talk
DEMETER project coordinator, Kevin Doolin, presented at a recent AEF (Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation) Tech Talk on 5th February. The Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) is an independent organization founded on October 28th, 2008 by seven international ag equipment manufacturers and two associations. These Tech Talks are a new educational series organised by the AEF...
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Researchers in DEMETER publish new paper in MDPI Electronics
Researchers participating in DEMETER; Juan A. López-Morales and Antonio F. Skarmeta from University of Murcia, alongside Juan A. Martínez from Odin Solutions, have published a new paper titled ‘Improving Energy Efficiency of Irrigation Wells by Using an IoT-Based Platform’ in MDPI journal, Electronics. This work has been funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research...
