First Steps in the Smart Farming 4.0 All Project Implementation

Smart Farming 4.0 All partners are focusing on the following activities:

1.Fostering and evolving the smart farming. The goal is to ensure that the trans-disciplinary approach of Smart Farming 4.0 All is fully implemented and that stakeholders (including, land managers, food producers, developers, industry, regulators, advisory services, authorities and experts) are actively involved throughout the project. This includes the development and application of a methodology in order to connect stakeholders to the project, to enable stakeholder learning, and valuation of services resulting from smart farming cultivations at the local as well as at the (sub-) national level;

2.Innovation management is considered a relevant task by the Smart Farming 4.0 All consortium. To be able to guarantee that the innovation potential of the project results is identified and respective measures can be taken, the project coordination deals with innovation-related activities;

3.Clear communication between the project and the stakeholders. This includes the establishment of a project website which includes an ongoing project blog to which all partners contribute reflecting on issues pertinent to the project and disseminating project findings as they emerge. The project website is supported by the appropriate use of social media and through an email newsletter;

4.Identify ecological and legal issues arising from the use of smart farming cultivations, as well as facilitating legal procedures within the project ensuring ecological and legal sensitivity management throughout the project lifecycle;

5.Risk management and contingency planning;

6.Administrative, financial, technical and scientific coordination.

Smart Farming 4.0 All project draws heavily on the participation of stakeholders involved in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences,improving the level of key competences and skills, with particular regard to their relevance for the labour market and their contribution to a cohesive society, in particular through increased opportunities for learning mobility and through strengthened cooperation between the world of education and training and the world of work.

The Smart Farming 4.0 All project has an ethical management. Each task includes quality control, assessment and review as an integral component of the work. Included in this is a strong focus on whether any ethical issues could arise. Any issues or questions that may arise in relation to ethics are reported to the co-ordinator for final decision.

The project mid-term and final project review report will contain a comprehensive account of the ethics management over the duration of the reporting period.