IOF2020: the contribution of precision agriculture to the un sustainable development goals

Edwin Hecker, Managing Partner at Schuttelaar & Partners and the Communication Leader of the IoF2020 project, emphasized the importance of expanding the IoF2020 ecosystem beyond the agri-food sector: “To enhance the sustainable impact of IoT technologies on food and agriculture production, we need a broad social consensus. Therefore, IoF2020 aims to engage closely with its stakeholders, including consumers and policy-makers, and communicate clearly about the benefits of IoT technologies at the early stage”.

New IoF2020 website

At the occasion of the IoT Week in Geneva, IoF2020 launched a new website, enlightening web visitors about what IoF2020 stands for and how it aims to achieve the large-scale uptake of IoTs in the food and farming sector. The new website is user friendly and offers an overview of 5 project trials and 19 use-cases. This includes an interactive map of use-cases, blog articles and an up-to-date news & events section.

More in-depth information about the ongoing project developments and video interviews with the IoF2020 partners are also available in the first IoF2020 online newsletter, published in June 2017.

What is IoF2020?

IoF2020 fosters the large-scale uptake of IoT technologies in the European food and farming sector. With €30-million co-funded by the EU, the project has the potential to drastically improve the sustainability and productivity of the European farming and food sector, while demonstrating the added value of smart webs of the connected objects in 19 use cases, covering 5 trials (e.g. arable crop, dairy, meat, vegetables and fruits) throughout Europe. More information can be found on www.iof2020.eu.