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Technologies for digitisation in agriculture
24/11/2017
Joël Bacquet - Programme Officer – Internet of Things
DG CNECT - European Commission
Outline
1. Digitising European Industry
2. Technologies for digitisation
3. IoT project supporting Agri-Food sector
4. Future activities supporting Agri-Food Sector
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• An Action Plan DIGITISING EUROPEN INDUSTRY
• COM(2016)180, European Commission, 19 April 2016
DEI main actions and agriculture & farming
Mainstreaming digital innovations
DIHs
Strengthening competitiveness in the key parts of digital value chains
Focus on integration and platforms
Adapting regulations:
Data flow, ownership & use
Trust, security, Liability
Preparation of the workforce
Training, skills, work environment
Current situation & future plans: digitisation in Agriculture and farming
Mainstreaming digital innovations
DIHs
An important DIH in robotics is in agriculture and agro-food
More to come in the coming 3 years (300 M€ on DIH)
Integration, platforms, pilots
Robotics: 25 M€ on precision farming
IoT LSP: 35 M€
Big data: ~20 M€
WP2018-20: 30 M€ +..
Adapting regulations:
Sept 2017: FFD regulation, portability
Cybersecurity package
Spring 2018: Revised PSI, ..
Preparation of the workforce
Training, skills, work environment
Outline
1. Digitising European Industry
2. Technologies for digitisation
3. IoT project supporting Agri-Food sector
4. Future activities supporting Agri-Food Sector
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Three dimensions of Value Creation from Digitisation
"Digital inside": Innovations in products (all types)
Digital transformations of processes
Radical/disruptive changes in business models
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Products Services
ICT sector
Products Services
ICT sector
The trend
Digital innovations transforming agriculture, farming, agro-food
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Digital Transformation
Precision farming Higher productivity Resource efficiency
traceability and higher quality
Better work life balance
Precision farming Higher productivity Resource efficiency
traceability and higher quality
Better work life balance
AI (autonomus systems)
Robotics, automation, machine learning, decision
support systems,..
AI (autonomus systems)
Robotics, automation, machine learning, decision
support systems,..
IoT (physical meets digital)
Embedded software, sensors, connectivity, actuators, low
power ICT, …
IoT (physical meets digital)
Embedded software, sensors, connectivity, actuators, low
power ICT, …
Big data (value from
knowledge)
Analytics, storage, Cloud HPC,..
Big data (value from
knowledge)
Analytics, storage, Cloud HPC,..
Outline
1. Digitising European Industry
2. Technologies for digitisation
3. IoT project supporting Agri-Food sector
4. Future activities supporting Agri-Food Sector
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FA IOT Pilot areas:
•Pilot 1 ACTIVAGE: Smart living environments for ageing well (EU contr. 20 MEUR)
•Pilot 2 IoF2020: Smart Farming and Food Security (EU contr. 30 MEUR)
•Pilot 3 MONICA: Wearables for smart ecosystems (EU contr. 15MEUR)
•Pilot 4 SYNCHRONICITY: Reference zones in EU cities (EU contr. 15MEUR)
•Pilot 5 AUTOPILOT: Autonomous vehicles in a connected environment (EU contr. 20 MEUR)
Total budget:
•100 MEUR (funding rate: 70%)
Internet of Things Focus Area
EUROPEAN LARGE-SCALE
PILOTS
IOF2020 IN BRIEF
13
16
COUNTRIES
4 YEARS Start = January
2017
€35 MILLION
BUDGET (€30 million co-funded
under EU H2020
programme)
70+ PARTNERS
ORGANISATIONS
BEYOND THE
PROJECT
OPEN CALL*
IoF2020 paves the way for:
• Sustainable, flexible and adaptable farming;
• A data-driven farming;
• Autonomous farm operations;
• Integrated and transparent agri-food chain;
• Virtual food chains;
• Interoperable farm activities;
• A personalized nutrition for the European citizens.
VISION & AMBITION
LARGE-SCALE EXPANSION *Second half of 2018,
€5-6 million 14
5 TRIALS, 19 USE CASES
15
MEAT
ARABLE
VEGETABLES
FRUITS
DAIRY
TECHNICAL / ARCHITECTURAL
APPROACH
Use case
architectu
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Use case IoT
system
developed
Use case
IoT system
implement
ed
Use case
IoT system
deployed
USE CASE REQUIREMENTS
IoT reference
architecture
instance of
IoT
catalogue
Reusable IoT
components
reuse
IoT Lab
Reference
configuratio
ns &
instances
reuse
Collaboratio
n Space
shared
services
& data
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IoF2020 – Open Call
• Three main subjects identified: • New areas (i.e. new value chain partners, new sectors)
• New technologies
• New regions
• Time Schedule: • Publication June 2018
• Deadline for proposals October 2018
• Start new projects January 2019
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Outline
1. Digitising European Industry
2. Technologies for digitisation
3. IoT project supporting Agri-Food sector
4. Future activities supporting Agri-Food Sector
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WP 2018-2020 Topics pan-European platform-building and piloting
Focus Area 'Digitising and transforming European industry and services', Platforms and Pilots
LEIT-ICT • DT-ICT-07-2018-2019: Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected
Smart Factories 95 M€ • DT-ICT-08-2019: Agricultural digital integration platforms 30 M€ • DT-ICT-09-2020: Digital service platforms for rural economies 30 M€ • DT-ICT-10-2018-2019: Interoperable and smart homes and grids 30 M€ • DT-ICT-11-2019: Big data solutions for energy 30 M€ • DT-ICT-12-2020: The smart hospital of the future 25 M€ • DT-ICT-13-2019: Digital Platforms/Pilots Horizontal Activities 4 M€
SC1: • DT-TDS-01-2019: Smart and healthy living at home 60 M€
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Specific Challenges:
• Sustainability (farms revenues) - pressures on natural resources.
• Information and knowledge not fully exploited – need to speed up knowledge creation.
• Limited interoperability and lack of openness of systems.
• Lack of information on effectiveness of digital technologies.
Topic: DT-ICT-08-2019 Timeline: • Call opening: 26th July 2018 • Call deadline: 14th November 2018, 17.00 • Budget: 30 Mio €
IA in Agricultural digital integration platforms
Scope: Pilots should address the 3 aspects:
1. Building platforms integrating different technologies.
2. Sharing data and generating knowledge.
3. Developing decision support systems.
IA in Agricultural digital integration platforms
Contact Points
Focus Area DT – Topic Coordinator(s):
• Arian.Zwegers@ec.europa.eu, Rolf.Riemenschneider@ec.Europa.eu
Pilot-specific:
Pilot DT-ICT-08: Joel.Bacquet@ec.europa.eu; Louis.Mahy@ec.europa.eu DG AGRI
•Digitising European Industry Strategy (DEI):
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/digitising-european-industry FUTURIUM
• Digital Innovation Hub catalogue
http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/digital-innovation-hubs-tool
The Alliance of Internet of Things Innovation
http://www.AIOTI.eu
•Digitizing Agriculture and food value chains Info Day: 17 November in Brussels
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/digitising-agriculture-and-food-value-chains