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Paving the Way towards Digitalisation Enabling Agroecology for European Farming Systems

Abstract

The potential of agroecological farming systems to master many of today’s challenges to the environment, economy, health, and society can be significantly promoted by coupling with digital tools and technologies. PATH2DEA is committed to unlocking digitalisation’s catalysing power to foster European agriculture’s transition towards enhanced sustainability. It builds on farmers’ competences and views and match them with the rich repertoire of digital solutions already available for agriculture, aimed at tailoring digital technologies to users’ needs and fostering wide-range adoption of digital agroecological farming in the EU and associated countries. Strategic engagement by multiple actors includes early adopters of digital agroecological farming represented by six Showcase farms located in different pedo-climatic regions, with hands-on experience for solid consensus validation of the project’s conclusions.

PATH2DEA will deliver a robust knowledge base in the frame of an Open Source Repository of digital tools and technologies in agroecology with decision support functionalities and a well-aligned R&I Roadmap for guiding digital agroecology transition.

FiBL leads the work package on Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication and contributes to various tasks (i.e. Analysis of barriers and drivers for digitalisation uptake; Assessment of economic performance aspects).

Financing/ Donor
  • European Commission
  • The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland
(Research) Program
  • European Commission, Horizon Europe
Project partners
  • AIT Autrian Institute Of Technology Gmbh, Austria - Project coordination
  • Acondicionamiento Tarrasense Associacion (LEITAT), Spain
  • Agroecology Europe (AEEU), Belgium
  • Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos - Dimitra (ELGO), Greece
  • FiBL Europe - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture in Europe, Belgium
  • Provinciaal Extern Verzelfstandigd Agentschap In Privaatrechtelijke Vorm Vzw (INAGRO), Belgium
  • ISARA, France
  • E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research (Lifewatch ERIC), Spain
  • Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezionamento S Anna (SSSA), Italy
  • South Pole Netherlands Bv (SP), Netherlands
  • Universitaet Hohenheim (UHOH), Germany
  • Vegepolys Valley (VGV), France
  • Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. (VITO), Belgium
  • Ökologiai Mezogazdasagi Kutatointezet Kozhasznu Nonprofitkft (ÖMKi), Hungary
  • Wageningen University (WU), Netherlands
  • AEDIT SRL (AEDIT), Italy
  • Universidad De Almeria (UAL), Spain
  • Asociacion de Organizaciones de Productores de Frutas y Hortalizas de Almeria (COEXPHAL), Spain
  • Federacio De Cooperatives Agraries De Catalunya (FCAC), Spain
  • Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL Switzerland), Switzerland
FiBL project leader/ contact (people who are not linked are former FiBL employees)
FiBL project staff (people who are not linked are former FiBL employees)
Role of FiBL
  • FiBL Europe: Work Package Leader
  • FiBL CH: Associated Partner
Further information
FiBL project number 25127, 90544
Date modified 13.12.2023
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