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Taking High-Tech to the Fields - New Fact Sheet about ICT-AGRI
ICT-AGRI is a unique ERA-NET because its cross-thematic nature is helping building bridges between disciplines and research areas that do not commonly join forces. ICT-AGRI will help create the best possible opportunities for a modern European agriculture while protecting the environment and promoting innovation and competitiveness.
The agricultural sector is currently facing a conflicting challenge: to produce more food and maintain high food quality and animal welfare standards while reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint. Although information and communication technologies (ICTs) can help farmers address these issues, European research on the use of ICTs in agriculture is fragmented. The ICT-AGRI (Coordination of European Research within ICT and Robotics in Agriculture and related Environmental Issues) ERA-NET is coordinating European research in this important area to ensure that the massive potential of ICTs in the farming sector is not wasted.
