Agriculture of Data – AgData

AgData is a co-funded European Partnership that aims to improve the performance of the agricultural sector and support the monitoring and evaluation of policies by harnessing the potential of data, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence, thereby promoting agriculture that is more sustainable from an environmental, social, and economic perspective, while strengthening the agricultural sector’s climate resilience and competitiveness.

The partnership brings together 61 partners (55 beneficiaries, 3 affiliated organizations, and 3 associate partners) from 22 countries, including research funding organizations, research institutions, government agencies, and entities responsible for developing agricultural policies and data technologies.

Specific Objectives

• Improve agro-environmental monitoring solutions and strengthen capabilities for assessing agro-environmental and climatic conditions by integrating data from multiple public and private sources and leveraging that data through data technologies.
• To drive the adoption of digital technologies and data-driven solutions in agriculture by providing co-designed, accessible, and end-user-oriented tools supported by Earth observation data, environmental data, and other relevant sources.
• Strengthen the use of Earth observation, environmental, and agricultural data to develop solutions, methodologies, and indicators that contribute to agriculture’s adaptation to and resilience against climate change, while minimizing the impacts of agricultural activity on the climate, environmental quality, ecosystems, and biodiversity, and ensuring food security and sustainable productivity.

In Portugal, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Portuguese Space Agency (Portugal Space) are participating in this partnership

This initiative is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Program for Research and Innovation, under Grant Agreement No. 101197332.