Online resources

Browse the list below to find interesting websites, databases and other online resources that give information about innovation in European agriculture and forestry, or that may inspire you to develop your own innovative projects or ideas.

If you would like to propose links to interesting websites yourself, you can do so through this online form. Please note that you need to be registered to the EIP-AGRI website to be able to access this form.

Title Description Link Language
Omgevingsgericht Ondernemen

Portal designed to support new farmers in developing an environment-oriented attitude. The website provides inspiring examples, tools, methods, and other useful information for entr

Dutch
Online Digital Innovation Hubs catalogue

As part of the implementation of the Digitising Europe Industrial Strategy a Digital Innovation Hubs catalogue is currently being created containing comprehensive information on the digital innovation hubs in Europe to help companies get access to competences needed in order to digitize their products and services.

English
Open AG Data Alliance

Open AG Data Alliance (OADA) will create a secure data ecosystem that enables data security, privacy and interoperability for the entire agriculture industry. OADA helps farmers to access and control their data by building an open source framework and a community of commercial vendors, farmers, academics, and developers upon which the emerging ag data market can rapidly grow.

English
Open Ag Data Alliance

To help farmers access and control their data
OADA will help all to achieve this goal by building an open source framework and a community of commercial vendors, farmers, academics, and developers upon which the emerging ag data market can rapidly grow.

 

English
Page of the European Commission on agriculture research and innovation strategy

Page of the European Commssion providing links to document with information the agriculture research and innovation strategy

English
Pesticide Action Network Europe

Network of NGOs, Organisations and Individuals aimig at promoting organic alternatives to chemical weed control. Their website offers information on events, news, legislation and reports related to non chemical weed control.

English
Portuguese experts experience in EIP-AGRI Focus Groups

Article of the Portuguese National Rural Network containing links to videos where Portuguese experts talk about their experience participating in EIP-AGRI Focus Groups:


Teresa Pinto Correia's experience participating in New Entrants Focus Group:

English, Portuguese
Praktijkcentrum voor Precisielandbouw

Primary goal of the Practice Center is to accellerate the adoption and application of precision farming in the Netherlands and so to benefit at a larger scale the advantages of precision farming. 

Dutch
Promoting crop diversification for more sustainable agri-food systems: DiverIMPACTS policy brief

The overall goal of DiverIMPACTS - Diversification through Rotation, Intercropping, Multiple Cropping, Promoted with Actors and value-Chains towards Sustainability -  is to achieve the full potential of diversification of cropping systems for improved productivity, delivery of ecosystem services and resource-efficient and sustainable value chains by

English
Publication of the European Environment Agency on land and soils

We cannot live without healthy land and soil. It is on land that we produce most of our
food and we build our homes. For all species — animals and plants living on land or water
— land is vital. Soil — one of the essential components of land — is a very complex and
often undervalued element, teeming with life. Unfortunately, the way we currently use
land and soil in Europe and in the world is not sustainable. This has significant impacts
on life on land.

English
Recommendations for overcoming barriers to crop diversification towards sustainable agriculture: DiverIMPACTS policy brief

The overall goal of DiverIMPACTS -  Diversification through Rotation, Intercropping, Multiple Cropping, Promoted with Actors and value-Chains towards Sustainability -  is to achieve the full potential of diversification of cropping systems for improved productivity, delivery of ecosystem services and resource-efficient and sustainable value chains by

English
Rede Inovar

Website of a Portuguese innovation support platform which offers news on innovation related topics and events.

Portuguese
Report commissioned by Biobased Industries Consortium: European Bioeconomy in Figures 2008–2017

The nova-Institute's market report is commissioned by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and was first published in 2016 demonstrating for the first time the macroeconomic effects generated by the bioeconomy, e.g. turnover and employment for the years 2008 and 2013. Since then the report has been updated on an annual basis. The latest version covers the whole period from 2008 to 2017.

English
Resources on IPM from the Pesticide Action Network Europe

Resources on Integrated Pest Management and alternatives to pesticides done jointly by Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe)-International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA).

English
Results of the Expert Workshop on a Common European Agricultural Data Space

On 8 September 2020, DG CNECT, in cooperation with DG AGRI, brought together key experts, to gather their views on how the Commission can support the implementation of a Common European data space in the agriculture sector. The data space is intended to facilitate the trustworthy pooling and sharing of agricultural data throughout the whole value-chain, to serve common good purposes, such as Research and Innovation (R&I).

English
Results pack on precision farming (H2020)

The adoption of precision farming techniques is allowing the EU to increase its agricultural output whilst ensuring the sustainability of the European agri-food sector. Consequently, the EU has been supporting cutting-edge research and innovation into a number of exciting solutions that will truly harness all of the opportunities from what promises to be a truly 21st century agricultural revolution.

 

This CORDIS Results Pack introduces you to 17 EU-funded projects that have been at the forefront of the precision farming revolution.

English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
SFATE smart farming training for employment portal

The SFATE (Smart Farm Training for Employment ) ERASMUS + project has created a web

English, French, German, Slovenian, Spanish
Slow Food Presidia Catalogue

Database to find quality agriculture products that run the risk of disappearing. Listed by country.

English, Italian
Smart Digital Farming: focus on precision farming

Smart Digital Farming (SDF) is an initiative of companies (>60% SME's) active in innovative precision farming and livestock breeding with as main objectives:

1) Deploy economic potential and enhance the competitiveness of Flemish entreprises via active and sustainable collaboration within the AgriFood 4.0 environment;

2) Contribute with solutions to the societal/agricultural challenges with a direct economical added value for Flemish entreprises;

3) Stimulate open innovation, market and product innovation, and international exposure of the SDF initiative.

English
Smart Farming platform

Free and open platform for sharing smart farming technologies.

Dutch, English, German, Greek, Spanish

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