1st ICT-AGRI-FOOD Joint Cofund Call

Basic Information

The ERA-NET Cofund ICT-AGRI-FOOD will launch a joint cofunded call addressing the challenge of transforming the European agri-food systems into sustainable, resilient, transparent and fair systems as outlined in the vision below.

Network ICT-AGRI-FOOD
Website https://www.ictagrifood.eu/node/40178
Aim of the joint call "This call aims to support research projects with potential impact to enable digital technology solutions for a transition towards more sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. Research projects should investigate, develop and test digital solutions for the rising demand for food, competition for land and other natural resources from other biomass uses, globalisation, and threats from animal or plant diseases, environmental and climatic changes, public health considerations and economic constraints. The scientific scope of the call addresses collaborative projects in the two research topics described below. TOPIC 1 - Data-driven ICT platforms and solutions to improve the sustainability of agrifood Systems TOPIC 2 – Identify and address barriers for adoption of ICT technologies in the agri- food systems"
Type of joint call Two Stages - Call with pre-proposals and full proposals submissions
Events
Launch date 18/12/2019
Deadline Pre-Proposal 03/03/2020 Submitted proposal: 112
Deadline Full-Proposal 06/07/2020 Submitted proposal: 32
Evaluation End Date 29/09/2020 Successful proposal: 33 Proposals funded: 19
Is call co-funded? Yes
Call follow up funding n/a
Call reasons n/a
Research fields
  • Biotechnology
  • Environment
  • Food, agriculture and fisheries
  • Government and social relations
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Industrial production
  • Space
Type of research
  • Applied 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)
Participating networks n/a

Organisations Participating

Country Organisation
Austria Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (BMNT)
Belgium Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO)
Belgium Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (EV-ILVO)
Belgium Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
Bulgaria National Science Fund of Bulgaria (BNSF)
Denmark Danish AgriFish Agency (DAFA)
Denmark Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (MFAF)
Estonia Estonian Science Foundation (ETAG)
Estonia Ministry of Rural Affairs (MEM)
Finland Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MMM)
France BRETAGNE REGION (BRETAGNE)
France National Research Agency (ANR)
Germany Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Germany Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Greece General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT)
Hungary National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH)
Ireland Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc)
Ireland DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE (DAFF)
Israel Israel Innovation Authority (IIA)
Italy Ministry of Agricultural food and Forestry Policies (MIPAAF)
Latvia State Education Development Agency (VIAA)
Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (MinLNV)
Norway Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Poland National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
Romania Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Spain Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA)
Sweden Swedish Research Council (VR/SRC)
Sweden Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS)
Switzerland Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG- BLW)
Türkiye The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

Funded Projects

Acronym Title Start End No. partners
ADCATER Advanced Digital Solutions for Professional Food and Nutriti... 01/05/2021 30/04/2023 5
ADDFerti A Data-Driven Platform for Site-Specific Fertigation 01/03/2021 29/02/2024 6
ANTONIO Multimodal sensing for individual plant phenotyping in agric... 01/03/2021 28/02/2023 5
BeeConnected Understanding and anticipating mechanisms of honeybee colony... 01/02/2021 31/01/2024 3
FINDR Fast and INtuitive Data Retrieval 01/02/2021 31/07/2023 4
GOHYDRO A smart-sensing AI-driven platform for scalable, low-cost hy... 01/02/2021 31/07/2023 6
HALY.ID Innovative ICT tools for targeted monitoring and sustainable... 01/02/2021 31/01/2024 7
IMPPeach Integrated Model and digital Platform for Harvest Prediction... 01/02/2021 31/07/2023 5
Livestock Sense Enhancing environmental sustainability of livestock farms by... 01/05/2021 30/04/2023 9
MERIAVINO Multiscale Sensing For Disease Monitoring In Vineyard Produc... 01/02/2021 31/01/2024 6
MUSHNOMICS Unlocking data-driven innovation for improving productivity ... 01/02/2021 31/01/2024 4
PLAN P sPectraL tools and digitalization for the development of sus... 02/01/2021 31/12/2023 4
POSHMyCo Potential of selective harvest based on mycotoxins content a... 01/03/2021 29/02/2024 6
SHEET Sunburn and heat prediction in canopies for evolving a warni... 01/02/2021 31/01/2024 5
SPECTROFOOD Agrifood quality estimation using spectral techniques 01/01/2021 31/12/2023 5
SoCoRisk Implementation of soil compaction risk assessment system – e... 01/03/2021 28/02/2024 7
SustainIT Releasing the potential of ICT for sustainable milk and beef... 20/12/2020 31/12/2021 5
TailBiteAdvice An ICT-based real-time advisory tool to minimise tail biting... 01/02/2021 01/03/2024 3
[UTOPIA] aUtomaTed Open PrecIsion fArming Platform 01/03/2021 01/07/2023 5