Over the past decade, digital technologies have revolutionized agriculture and food production, becoming indispensable for enhancing operational efficiency, cutting costs, and boosting productivity. Digital Agriculture Technology Solutions (DATSs) leverage data to aid decision making and make farming more accurate and controlled, whether in crop cultivation or livestock management. Despite significant investments and anticipated benefits, however, the adoption rate among EU farmers has not met expectations. This slow uptake can be attributed to various factors, including limited awareness about these solutions among farmers but also farm advisors, the lack of concrete evidence regarding DATSs’ costs and benefits and their sustainability impact, as well as sociocultural and behavioural factors that hinder adoption. In this context, QuantiFarm has developed a Digital Innovation Academy (DIA) to raise farm advisors’ awareness about DATSs and strengthen their capacity to deliver effective advisory services to farmers in the field of digital farming.

Advanced Advisory Skills for Farm Advisors in the field of Digital Agriculture Technology Solutions (DATSs)

EU-Wide online training workshop - certificate of attendance will be provided to all workshop participants

· Organisers: QuantiFarm & EUFRAS

· Delivery mode: Online

· Location: MS Teams

· Date: Thursday 28 November 2024

· Duration: ~3 hours

· Time: 10:00 – 13:00 CET

· Participants: Farm advisors and rural consultants

· Language: English

Register:

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Value for participants

By participating in this workshop, farm advisors will:

• Gain a deep understanding of the factors and motivations influencing both the adoption and non-adoption of DATSs by farmers.

• Obtain comprehensive insights into the various categories of DATSs, their potential benefits, costs, and impact on sustainability within agriculture.

• Learn to use the QuantiFarm toolkit to provide personalized advisory services, helping farmers select and use DATSs tailored to their unique needs.

• Effectively support farmers in using DATSs in real-life production conditions and adopting appropriate business or operational models.