EIP-AGRI workshop Farm data for better farm performance

On 9-10 December 2021, the European Commission and the EIP-AGRI Support Facility organised the online workshop 'Farm data for better farm performance'.

The call for applicants closed on 29 October at 23:59 CET.

Event documents

• Programme
• Speaker and facilitator bios
• List of registrations
• Final report
• Factsheet

Presentations & Videos

Day 1: Thursday 9 December 2021

• Welcome by Kerstin Rosenow - Head of unit ‘Research & Innovation’, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission - video
• Welcome - Pacôme Elouna Eyenga, Team leader Support Facility 'Innovation & knowledge exchange | EIP-AGRI' - video

Session 1: Setting the scene

• General introduction to the topic, Jürgen Vangeyte, EIP-AGRI SF and Doris Marquardt, EC DG AGRI - presentation - video
• Examples of existing farm data initiatives beneficial for farm performance
  • Anna-Carin Almqvist, Sweden, Better decisions for cultivation strategy - video
  • Stéphane Volant, France, IoTCUMA - Operational Group - video
  • Richard Lloyd, UK, Horizon 2020 - 4D4F - video
  • Tuija Kallio, Finland, SMARTFEED Operational Group - video
  • Tom Kelly, Ireland, Horizon 2020 - FAIRSHARE - video
  • Jose Pedro Salema, Portugal, Portuguese Irrigation Portal for farmers - video

• Panel discussion - video

Session 2 – Farm Data Project Market

• Project Market videos library divided into 3 sections:
  • Livestock Farming
  • Arable crops
  • Permanent crops
• Open Space
  • Before: Presenting the topics - video
  • After: Reporting back to plenary - video

Session 3 – Farm data solutions and needs

• Feedback from breakouts I, Jürgen Vangeyte - video
• Feedback from breakouts II, Participants - video
• Concluding remarks, Jürgen Vangeyte - video
• Closing the workshop, Nicola Britta Holsten - Deputy Head of unit ‘Research & Innovation’, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission - video

Extra videos

You can also watch the plenary sessions of the event in half-day recordings if you prefer. Find the links below:

• Day 1: video
• Day 2: video

Event description and objectives

Digital technologies and data-based solutions can help farmers work more precisely, efficiently, and sustainably, improving decision-making and farming practices, and helping increase farm’s environmental performance, whilst also making farming jobs more attractive to younger generations. Collaborative data sharing models play a key role in ensuring that data driven strategies add value to the agri-food chain. On the other hand, data sharing also raises challenges for farmers such as privacy concerns, data protection and ownership.

The overall aims of this workshop are:

• Take stock of on-going successful projects and initiatives that collect and make use of farm generated data to improve farm performance.
• Explore the role of the different stakeholders on farm data collection at farms and their use for agricultural production.
• Provide an environment to exchange best practices on farm data collection, use and sharing.

The event included a Project Market activity where participants presented projects and ideas and met other people sharing the same interests.

EIP-AGRI related videos:

• Agri challenge: farm data