Online demonstration of gaiasense services for potato cultivation On Wednesday 11 November, NEUROPUBLIC held an online informative event on the development and operation of gaiasense-based smart farming services for potato cultivation. The event was held in the framework of IoT4Potato, Use Case of the European project Internet of Food & Farm 2020. During the event, a presentation of gaiasense’s technological infrastructure and smart farming services, as well as the gaiasense-based smart farming services and technological tools developed by NEUROPUBLIC to support potato cultivation in Poland and Ukraine, with the collaboration of IoT4Potato partners, was given. Participants were also able to watch a live demonstration of the smart farming application developed under the project, which allows for real-time visualization of field data and its use by scientific models for irrigation and crop protection. In the last part of the meeting, the participants, including representatives of companies from Poland, Ukraine and the Netherlands, had the opportunity to discuss the results of the implementation of the services on parcels in Poland and Ukraine so far, and to explore the possibility of extending the cooperation after the end of the project.
Smart farming at the heart of the 7th Panhellenic Congress for the Development of Greek Agriculture The 7th Panhellenic Congress for the Development of Greek Agriculture was held on Friday, November 6, 2020, for the first time online, with the participation of more than 1,000 delegates. Smart farming was at the heart of the Congress, through the 1st Thematic Session entitled “Smart Agriculture – Smart Advisory : the digital catalyst for a more sustainable and competitive agriculture”. Fotis Hadjipapadopoulos, President of NEUROPUBLIC and head of gaiasense, was one of the guest speakers of this session and referred to the concept of smart farming and presented gaiasense and its various aspects, focusing on the innovation of providing Smart Farming as a Service and how gaiasense contributes to a more sustainable agriculture. Among other things, Mr. Hadjipapadopoulos referred to the new gaiasense application, which is expected to be available in the next period, and will allow its users to access a large number of services at low cost. The other speakers of the panel also referred to smart farming and its role in a more sustainable food production system, as well as to the need for digitalisation of agricultural production: Jens Elbaek, Director of Crop Innovation, Danish Centre for Agricultural Knowledge & Innovation (SEGES) Yannis Maniatis, Professor, University of Piraeus, former Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change Manos Strakas, Director, Novaplan Agricultural Consultancy Company and Board Member of Agro Innovation Yiannis Haniotakis, Senior Director of Rural Sector Operations Development, Piraeus Bank – Board Member of GAIA EPICHEIREIN George Georgantas, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance