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Looking back at DEMETER activities in 2022
DEMETER’s goal is to lead the digital transformation of Europe’s agri-food sector through the rapid adoption of advanced IoT technologies, data science and smart farming, ensuring its long-term viability and sustainability. We focus on interoperability as the main digital enabler. As DEMETER enters its final year, we look at back at 2022 and some of...
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Helping potato farmers make better informed decisions
The goal of the pilot “open platform for improved crop monitoring on potato farms” is to assist farmers in making sense of the data they collect, specifically data from harvesting machine. AVR Connect, the IoT cloud platform that collects data from AVR machinery (potato planters, trailed harvesters, and self-propelled harvesters), has been linked with WatchITgrow,...
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Making the daily activities of agricultural stakeholders easier
Overview Our pilot ‘Farm of Things in Extensive Cattle Holdings‘ focuses on improving animals’ well-being and health by managing their optimal feeding, and how this can affect the quality of processed products such as dairy products and pastries, as well as cereals and eggs as raw materials. This pilot also considers end-user involvement in quality...
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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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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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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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Webinar: The Farmer’s Voice – Drivers and Barriers 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...
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The Farmer Perspective – Aleksandar Zeremski
As part of the DEMETER multi-actor approach, its important to speak with the farmers participating in the DEMETER pilots to understand their experiences with the technologies and the project. This time, we speak with Aleksandar Zeremski, a farmer in Serbia, who is participating in the ‘Disease Prediction and Supply Chain transparency for Vineyards‘ pilot. Aleksandar...
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DEMETER survey for farmers regarding Smart Farming Technologies
DEMETER, a project funded by the European Commission, focused on the digital transformation of the agri-food sector, has prepared a survey to better understand farmers’ needs, interests and concerns regarding the adoption and use of Smart–Farming Technologies. With these survey results, DEMETER can contribute to the body of knowledge regarding such technologies but also ensure farmers’...
