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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 of the session was to analyse how to overcome pressing challenges from different perspectives and to understand how to do more with less water in...
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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 and digital transformation. The event will bring together experts from all continents to present and discuss the latest technological innovations and trends in digital transformation:...
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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 on arable crops but specifically on the usage of agricultural machinery and the establishment of precision farming. The pilots concentrate on monitoring arable crops through...
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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 IoT Corn Management and Decision Support Platforms. This pilot aims to improve improve greenhouse gas emissions and poor water quality that drive business risks in...
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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 1 which focuses on IoT Corn Management & Decision Support Platform. What is the Romanian Maize Growers Association and can you explain more about your...
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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 Transformation for Smart Agriculture’ by Juan Antonio Martinez of Odin Solutions (OdinS), Juan A. Lopez Morales and Antonio F. Skarmeta of University of Murcia (UMU),...
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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 COVID-19, such events were cancelled. Therefore, the coordinators decided to run a joint webinar, with the support of the EU Commission, to promote both projects...
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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 how DEMETER is a significant stepping stone towards meeting some of the requirements of the EU Green Deal and helping farmers with sustainability and higher...
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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 to date. We also catch up with one of our partners, DNET Labs, to hear more about their role in DEMETER. If you haven’t received...
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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 technologies, data science and smart farming to ensure the sector’s long-term viability and sustainability. Some of the conferences are outlined below: At the IEEE 24th...
