Demeter News & Events
As part of the DEMETER project, workshops and events are organised relating to key themes and project deliverables. Upcoming news and events related to the project and the agri-food sector are outlined below.
The Importance of Farm Advisors in the roll out of Digital Technologies
Farm advisors are important actors in the roll out of digital technologies. Dr. Teresa Hooks of H2020 project FAIRshare discusses the farm advisors’ role and how the project is directly…
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Interview with DEMETER farmer
Potato farmer Jacob van den Borne participates in the pilot on “Open Platform for Improved Crop Monitoring in Potato Farms”. He is a pioneer in precision farming. Jacob collects a…
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ATLAS – Developing an open interoperability network for agricultural applications
Manolis Tsantakis, ATLAS Communication and Dissemination Coordinator Can you explain to us about the ATLAS project and its objectives? Modern farming is switching to a data-driven approach. Connectivity and interoperability…
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DEMETER Pilot Co-Creation Workshops
Nils Hempelmann, Open Geospatial (OGC) and DEMETER WP5 (Pilot Management) Leader The DEMETER pilots cover a wide spectrum of sub-sectors: arable crops, irrigated crops, fruit production and livestock (poultry, dairy,…
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Open Call project results and DEMETER synergies
Ramón Alcarria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). UPM participate in two of the DEMETER pilots and also collaborate in the establishment of the multi-actor approach framework and monitoring activities for…
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DEMETER as an Interoperability platform with support of multiple standards
Arne Berre, SINTEF and DEMETER Standardisation Activity Coordinator One of the key challenges towards the realization of smart farming solutions is related to the lack of interoperability between different systems…
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New White Paper: Decision Support, Benchmarking and Performance Indicator Monitoring Tools
To enable the achievement of the DEMETER objectives, and to promote the targeted technological, business, adoption and socio-economic impacts, DEMETER is designing and developing a targeted decision support system (DSS)…
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DEMETER participates in Innoseta Networking Event
The DEMETER coordinator Kevin Doolin participated in the Innoseta – Thematic Network networking event alongside nine other EU projects (FAIRshare, Eureka, IPM works, SmartAgriHubs, SmartChain, Smart Protect, AgriLink and NextFood). The aim of…
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New Publication: Quality of Information within Internet of Things Data
Researchers Tomás Alcañiz, Aurora González-Vidal, Alfonso P. Ramallo and Antonio F. Skarmeta of University of Murcia have published a Chapter called ‘Quality of Information within Internet of Things Data’ in…
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DEMETER participates at 2021 IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things
DEMETER participated at the 2021 IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things which is taking place from 14th June to 31st July 2021. In the plenary panel on ‘European…
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DEMETER website nominated for an award
The DEMETER website (www.h2020-demeter.eu) has been nominated for an .eu Website Award. The .eu Web Awards are an online competition, launched in 2014 and designed to acknowledge the best websites,…
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New White Paper on DEMETER Multi Actor Approach
Technology is increasingly becoming an everyday necessity in agriculture. Novel technology can be found all over today’s farms, measuring animal behaviour, air and soil humidity or counting the number of…
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Farmer Perspectives on Data 2021 – Report
Trust in Food, Farm Journal and The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) have produced a report ‘Farmer Perspectives on Data 2021’ which details actionable insights to empower businesses and farmers to scale…
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DEMETER Podcast edition – FarmForum
In this edition of FarmForum, a podcast from APPR (Romanian Maize Growers’ Association), the digital transformation in agriculture is discussed. Cristina Cionga, European Affairs Director at APPR and Gabriel Lospa,…
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White Paper: Understanding the farmer’s technology needs and requirements
DEMETER uses a multi actor approach (MAA) focusing on real problems or opportunities that farmers, and other end-users who need a solution are facing. Listening to farmers’ needs, interests and…
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DEMETER presents at DataWeek 2021
The BDVA Data Week session on ‘A smart and sustainable digital future for European agriculture’ took place on May 25th, 2021. This session built upon previous successful sessions on the…
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DEMETER discussed at Digital Summit organized by IoT Solutions World Congress
UDG (University Donja Gorica) participated in the panel titled “Smart Tags, Circular Economy and Personalization” that took place on May 12th at the Digital Summit organized by IoT Solutions World…
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Acerca De DEMETER
DEMETER es un proyecto del programa de I+D Horizonte 2020 que tiene como objetivo liderar la transformación digital del sector agroalimentario europeo a través de la rápida adopción de tecnologías…
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Pilot Video: Consumer Awareness- Milk Quality and Animal Welfare Tracking
DEMETER is a large-scale deployment of farmer-driven, interoperable, smart farming-IoT (Internet of Things) based platforms, delivered through a series of 20 pilots across 18 countries (15 EU countries). Involving 60…
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Interview Series: Senka Gajinov, DunavNET
In this final edition of our interview series, we talk to Senka Gajinov from DunavNET group is who is involved in Pilot 5.4 ‘Transparent Supply Chain in the Poultry Industry.…
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Decision Enablers & Advisory Support – New White Paper added
DEMETER aims to lead the Digital Transformation of the European Agrifood sector based on the rapid adoption of advanced technologies, such as Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Decision…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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Interview Series: Senka Gajinov from DNET
In this edition of our Interview Series, we talk to Senka Gajinov, Product Manager from DNET to learn more about Pilot 4.4 that she is involved in. Can you tell…
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Presenting Projects on Precision Viticulture and Digital Farming
On March 4th, the company 13. jul Plantaže hosted a meeting for their management and employees to present projects on precision viticulture and digital solutions for applications in the wine…
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DEMETER at IEEE Conference IT2021
The DEMETER project was presented during the IEEE Conference on Information Technology IT2021. The presentation took place on 17th February 2021, during a special session dedicated to presenting the project…
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Results of the DEMETER farmer survey
Earlier this year we sent a survey to the farmers actively trialling hardware and software in the DEMETER pilots to better understand their needs, interests, and concerns regarding the DEMETER…
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‘The incentives and barriers to farmers’ adoption of digital technologies’
Ambra Raggi, Policy Officer at World Farmers’ Organisation[1] Farmers are called to feed the world while immense pressures weigh on them: a growing world population, the fight against climate change,…
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The DEMETER Stakeholders Open Collaboration Space
Francesca Cantore, Researcher at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica Spa What is the DEMETER Stakeholder Open Collaboration Space? The DEMETER Stakeholders Open Collaboration Space (SOCS) is an online platform dedicated to all stakeholders…
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The Multi-actor Approach in DEMETER
Anja Linnemann, Fraunhofer and Dave Hearne, TSSG What is the MAA? The multi-actor approach (MAA) ensures that projects, like DEMETER, focus on real needs and problems that an end-user (farmer,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Conference paper in WorldCIST 2020
Researchers at UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Ramón Alcarria, Borja Bordel and Tomás Robles, published a conference paper titled ‘Supervising Industrial Distributed Processes Through Soft Models, Deformation Metrics and Temporal…
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Interview Series: Bart Beusen from VITO
In this edition of our interview series, we catch up with Bart Beusen at VITO to learn more about pilot 3.4. Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your…
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Interview Series: Carles Tur from TRAGSA
Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your organisation and your involvement in the DEMETER project? . My name is Carles Tur. I am a technician responsible for the monitoring…
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Interview Series: Filipe Neves dos Santos from INESC TEC
In this edition of our interview series, we catch up with Filipe Neves dos Santos at INESC TEC to learn more about pilot 3.2. Can you tell us a bit…
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DEMETER presented at European Researchers’ Night 2020
UDG, Plantaze, and DunavNET participated in the Montenegrin event organized under European Researchers’ Night 2020 umbrella. This was a 12-hour virtual event and the project partners gave a presentation on…
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Full paper on Machine Learning Models for Olive Phenology Phase Prediction available
The full paper titled ‘Analysis of Copernicus’ ERA5 Climate Reanalysis Data as a Replacement for Weather Station Temperature Measurements in Machine Learning Models for Olive Phenology Phase Prediction’ was published…
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DEMETER Pilot Project Booklet
The DEMETER pilot projects are used to demonstrate and evaluate how innovations and extended capabilities benefit from the interoperability mechanisms. The pilots, running across 18 European countries, are also used…
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DEMETER Open Call Applications
The first DEMETER Open Call, DEVELOP, closed on the 18th November 2020 with 61 applications received from 21 countries. The breakdown of applications per topic is outlined below: Topic 1:…
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DEMETER presents at ICT-Agri Forum
On November 19th, ICT-Agri ran a half-day forum with presentations and interactive discussions by relevant actors from research and industry to discuss ‘Best practices for Going to Market’. The core…
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DEMETER participates at Future of Agritech event
DEMETER project coordinator, Kevin Doolin, participated on behalf of DEMETER at the recent agritech conference powered by Design Terminal and X-Europe. The conference focused on the future of agriculture, bringing…
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Poultry Farm Pilot Installation in Montenegro for DEMETER
University of Donja Gorica and DunavNET initiated a collaboration with Radinovic Company, a poultry farm owner and operator from Montenegro. Radinovic poultry farm will be used as a pilot site…
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Interview with Miguel Goncalves, DEMETER Open Call Manager
Can you tell us about yourself and your role in DEMETER? I have a background in economics, and I am passionate about innovation and technology. At F6S – the largest…
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DEMETER Technical Update – Thanasis Poulakidas, Integration Manager
We had significant developments on the technical front during the first year of DEMETER. After developing the overall DEMETER reference architecture, the first version of the DEMETER integration platform and…
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DEMETER Pilot Update – Martin Klopfer, WP5 Leader
Everything in DEMETER revolves around our 20 Pilots and the real-world use cases and requirements they bring to the table. The objective is to ensure that whatever we develop in…
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DEMETER – A year in review
DEMETER celebrated its one year anniversary in September 2020. This represents an ideal opportunity to reflect on the various milestones that have been met across the project. The project launched…
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DEMETER sponsors Smart Agriculture session at Digital Around the World conference
The 24-hour Digital Around the World Conference, organised by IoT Forum, took a place on the 20th and 21st October. The conference brought together top-level speakers discussing the latest trends…
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Interview Series: Diego Guidotti from Agricolus
In this edition of our interview series, we catch up with Diego Guidotti from Agricolus. Diego is the leader of the Pilot Cluster 3 within DEMETER. The cluster supports farmers…
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Researchers at University of Donja Gorica present DEMETER at webinar
Researchers from the University of Donja Gorica prepared a presentation titled “Digital transformation and smart agriculture” in the form of recorded webinar on the HighTech-Hub portal, a local site promoting…
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DEMETER participates in ErasmusPlus VIRAL project webinar
DEMETER participated in the second workshop/webinar on ‘ICT in agriculture’ in a series of trainings within the VIRAL project which ran on October 06-07th, 2020. The VIRAL project, co-funded by…
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DEMETER presented at Greencities event
At the recent Greencities event, DEMETER was presented by Antonio F. Skarmeta of Universidad de Murcia in the FIWARE session focused on ‘Digitalising the Future of Water, 2020’. The objective…
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DEMETER participates in European agricultural data space workshop
DEMETER recently participated in the recent Common European agricultural data space workshop on Sept 8th 2020. Organised by the European Commission’s DG CNECT, in cooperation with DG AGRI, the workshop…
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DEMETER Open Call Webinar announced
DEMETER, has announced the launch of its 1st Open Call, DEVELOP with a total budget of €300,000 available. This Open Call aims to attract and engage start-ups and SMEs with…
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Digital Around the World Forum – A Global 24-hour Conference
For its 10th anniversary, the IoT Forum is launching a new 24 hours non-stop virtual conference that will roll over the World to run a quite unique event on emerging technologies…
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H2020 Agri-Tech project, DEMETER, announces 1st Open Call for Innovative Solutions
The Horizon 2020 project, DEMETER, has announced the launch of its 1st Open Call, DEVELOP on 16th September, with a total budget of €300,000 available to SMEs. DEMETER aims to…
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Benchmarking at Farm Level Decision Support System- Pilot Project
In this blog post, we learn more about Pilot 2.4 ‘Benchmarking at Farm Level Decision Support System’. Pilot Overview This pilot aims at developing services to support the benchmarking on…
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Interview Series: Dr. Ing. Jaroslav SMEJKAL from LESPROJEKT
In this edition of our interview series, we talk with Dr. Ing. Jaroslav SMEJKAL from LESPROJEKT who is leading the pilot project 2.3 focusing on Data Brokerage Service and Decision…
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DEMETER contribute to Osservatorio Smart AgriFood workshop
DEMETER project coordinator, Kevin Doolin, recently contributed to an Osservatorio Smart AgriFood workshop by Politecnico di Milano and Brescia University. Kevin prepared a video for the keynote session from Image…
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Interview Series: Morteza Abdipourchenarestansofla from John Deere
In this edition of our interview series, we talk with Morteza Abdipourchenarestansofla from John Deere who is leading the pilot project 2.2 focusing on automated documentation of arable crop farming…
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Interview Series: Fabienne Seibold, John Deere
In this edition of our interview series, we catch up with Fabienne Seibold from John Deere. Fabienne is the leader of the Pilot Cluster 2 within DEMETER. The cluster focuses…
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Factors impacting farmers’ adoption of digital agriculture
Ethan Cleary, Ag Tech Policy & Innovation Executive, The Irish Farmers’ Association. Introduction European agriculture is facing an increasingly challenging future, with significant market and regulatory pressures to develop more…
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Interview Series: The Farmer Impact.
DEMETER’s aims to put digital means at the service of farmers. With this in mind, we catch up with one of the farmers invovled in our pilot project focused on…
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DEMETER paper on Machine Learning for olive phenology prediction presented at GIOTS.
The DEMETER pilot project focusing on Decision Support Systems to support olive growing was presented recently at the virtual Global IoT Summit (GIOTS). The presentation and paper focused on ‘Machine…
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Interview Series: Corn Management & Decision Support Platform Pilot – SIMAVI & APPR
We chat to Mircea Predut from Software Imagination & Vision S.R.L. (SIMAVI) and Cristina Cionga from APPR to learn more about the pilot project they are working on in Cluster…
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Interview Series: Dimitris Katsantonis, ELGO
We chat to Dimitris Katsantonis from ELGO (Hellenic Agricultural Organization – “DIMITRA”) to learn more about the pilot project he is leading in Cluster 1 which focuses on water and…
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DEMETER presented at Global IoT Summit
DEMETER was presented recently at the virtual Global IoT Summit (GIOTS) which took place on June 3rd. As part of the presentation on ‘Agri-food Research Centres as Drivers of Digital…
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DEMETER and ATLAS host joint webinar
Introduction Both the DEMETER and ATLAS project had committed to participate in several events such as Global IoT Week and the SmartAgriHubs event in Bucharest. However, with the onset of…
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DEMETER represents EU agri-tech at Brazil-EU Cooperation Conference
An online conference ‘Fostering STI twinning activities between EU and Brazil’ took place on Friday 22nd May. The aim of this conference was to present CT&I projects that are being carried…
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‘H2020 Agri-Tech Research in Europe’ webinar hosted by DEMETER & ATLAS
On June 18th H2020 projects, DEMETER and ATLAS will host a webinar presenting an overview of current EU (H2020) research in the Agri Tech space. It begins with an overview…
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Field equipment deployed for Montenegrin pilot
Finally, as the COVID19 situation is getting better in Montenegro, UDG and Plantaze started deployment of the field equipment for the Montenegrin pilot of H2020 DEMETER. The pilot partners are…
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Interview Series: Azucena Sierra from Tragsa
In the next edition of our interview series, we catch up with Azucena Sierra from TRAGSA Group. Azucena is the leader of the Pilot Cluster 1. Can you tell us…
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‘LEARNING MORE ABOUT DEMETER’ – Interview with Project Coordinator Kevin Doolin.
To learn more about the objectives of DEMETER and the achievements to date, we chat to Kevin Doolin, Project Coordinator of DEMETER and Director of Innovation at TSSG. Kevin outlines…
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First edition of DEMETER newsletter out now
The first edition of the H2020 DEMETER project newsletter is out now. Click here to view the newsletter and learn more about DEMETER, the pilot clusters and the progress made…
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DEMETER features in 2019 Bulletin of the Ministry of Science
H2020 DEMETER project was featured in the 2019 Bulletin of the Ministry of Science of Montenegro. The bulletin is published annually and describes the most successful scientific projects in Montenegro.
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Interview series: Senka Gajinov from DNET Labs
In the first of our interview series, we catch up with Senka Gajinov, product manager at DNET Labs to find out more about DNET Labs and their role in DEMETER.…
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Digitisation in the wine industry
Representatives from company “13. jul Planaze”, University of Donja Gorica and DunavNET participated in a panel discussion that took place in Plantaže’s wine cellar Šipčanik on December 12, 2019. The discussion covered…
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DEMETER presented at several European Conferences
The DEMETER project, which aims to lead the digital transformation of Europe’s agri-food sector, was presented recently at several European conferences and workshops. DEMETER seeks the adoption of advanced IoT…
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DEMETER Meeting takes place in Brussels – December 2019
Following on from the kick-off meeting in September, a DEMETER follow up meeting took place on December 16 and 17 in Brussels. The objective of the meeting was to recap…
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DEMETER will digitally transform Europe’s agri-food sector
A new EU project, DEMETER, under Horizon 2020, is set to digitally transform Europe’s agri-food sector and support vibrant rural areas. The DEMETER Project is a large-scale deployment of farmer…
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€17m DEMETER projects Kicks Off
Agricultural technology experts gathered in Waterford in September to launch the DEMETER project which aims to digitally transform Europe’s agri-food sector and support vibrant rural areas. The DEMETER project will…
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DEMETER Project Discussed at Amplitude 19
The DEMETER project was discussed at the recent Amplitude conference held in Kilkenny, Ireland on 6th November 2019. Amplitude is an annual conference led by the Technology Transfer Offices of…
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First H2020 DEMETER paper presented at #GloballoTSummit
The first H2020 DEMETER paper was presented by Engineering Ingegneria Informatica Spa at the Global IoT Summit (#GIoTS2019) in Aarhus, Denmark. DEMETER is a large-scale European project which has received…
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