ICT and Automation for a Greener Agriculture

Basic Information

Network

ICT-AGRI

Website

http://ict-agri.eu

Aim of the joint call

The ICT-AGRI 2nd call for trans-national projects aims at improving the utilization of ICT and automation in agriculture for a sustainable use of natural resources, reduction of agriculture’s environmental footprints and mitigation of climate changes, while securing farm economy, good working conditions, food supply, quality and security, and animal welfare.

Type of joint call

Two Stages - Call with pre-proposals and full proposals submissions

Events

-                                                Launch date
+/03/2012
-                                                Deadline Pre-Proposal
+/05/2012 Submitted proposal: 117
-                                                Deadline Full-Proposal
+/09/2012 Submitted proposal: 29
-                                                Evaluation End Date
+/11/2012
                                                Successful proposal: n/a
                                                Proposals funded: 8

Is call co-funded?

Call follow up funding

There are mechanisms in place to monitor technical progress

Call reasons

Achieving critical mass
Sharing competences and associated work
Addressing global issues
Access to expertise from different countries
Addressing specific scientific and technological issues

Research fields

Environment
Food, agriculture and fisheries
Information and communication technologies

Type of research

Basic research
Applied Research
Pre-competitive research

Target groups

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Public Research Organisations (PROs)
Private and Semi-private Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)
SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)
Large Corporations

Participating networks

n/a

Organisations Participating

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Country	Organisation
	DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE
Belgium	Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (EV-ILVO)
Denmark	Danish AgriFish Agency (DAFA)
Finland	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM)
France	National Research Agency (ANR)
Germany	Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Greece	General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT)
Ireland	Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc)
Israel	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOAG)
Italy	Ministry of Agricultural food and Forestry Policies (MIPAAF)
Latvia	Latvian National Academy of Sciences (LAS/LZA)
Netherlands	Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
Spain	Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
Switzerland	Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG- BLW)
Turkey	The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
United Kingdom	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Funded Projects

Acronym	Title	Start	End	No. partners
DairyICT	ICT in large and small dairy systems.	01/04/2013	31/03/2016	9
FarmFUSE	Fusion of multi-source and multi-sensor information on soil ...	01/03/2013	29/02/2016	5
GrassBots	User-centric adoption of sustainable farming operation invol...	01/03/2013	28/02/2015	9
ICTGRAZINGTOOLS	Use of ICT tools to capture grass data and optimize grazing ...	01/06/2013	31/05/2016	4
ITApic	Application of information technologies in Precision Apicult...	01/08/2013	31/07/2016	4
SILF	Smart Integrated Livestock Farming: integrating user-centric...	01/03/2013	29/02/2016	8
USER-PA	USability of Environmentally sound and Reliable techniques i...	01/03/2013	28/02/2015	9
i-LEED	Advanced cattle feeding on pasture through innovative pastur...	01/06/2013	31/05/2016	5