europe's opportunity in digital agriculture

The European Innovation Partnership“Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability”

Operational groups and precision farming

Europe’s Opportunity in Digital Agriculture’

Willemine Brinkman, EIP-AGRI Service PointBrussels, 14 January 2016

EIP-AGRI in a nutshell

Aim: To foster a competitive and sustainable agriculture and forestry sector that "achieves more from less“

Approach: Closing the innovation gap between research and practice by:

• using the interactive innovation model

• linking actors via the EIP Network

Knowledge and partners

• Ideas to test• multi-actor project• thematic networks

• Research needs• Operational

Groups

Bridging agriculture and research:Interactive innovation

Research

FarmingForestry

Agribusiness…

Means to implement the EIP-AGRI

Horizon 2020 (EU Research Policy)• Multi-actor research projects involving the

agricultural community • Thematic networks, unlocking and

exchanging knowledge across the EURural Development Programmes• Operational Groups• Project funding • Innovation support services

The EIP-AGRI Network

Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2

Rural Development Programmes

The EIP-AGRI Network: connecting people & sharing knowledge to tackle challenges

EIP-AGRI Service Point: Supporting the Network

Setting up an Operational Group

Farmers

NGOs Advisers

ResearchersAgri-business

OperationalGroup

Getting an Operational Group started

Getting an Operational Group started

INNOVATION SUPPORT SERVICES,AT YOUR SERVICE!

Before you start…

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the results

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Frequently asked questions

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The goal

Ideas for Operational Groups

Priorities for

innovative actions

Research needs from

practice

Propose projects to

test solutions

EIP-AGRI Focus Groups, tackling agricultural challenges

Exchange

practical knowledg

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EIP-AGRI Focus Groups, tackling agricultural challenges

EIP-AGRI Focus Groups

Thank you for your attention!

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