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

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MEAT

ARABLE

VEGETABLES

FRUITS

DAIRY

TECHNICAL / ARCHITECTURAL

APPROACH

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Use case IoT

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Use case

IoT system

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Use case

IoT system

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USE CASE REQUIREMENTS

IoT reference

architecture

instance of

IoT

catalogue

Reusable IoT

components

reuse

IoT Lab

Reference

configuratio

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instances

reuse

Collaboratio

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services

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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