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User-centric approach to facilitate a widespead uptake of satellite-based solutions

for agri-food sectorAnnalisa Donati

Coordinator of Activities

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Smart Farming Conference – Photonics Applications Week – 5-9 October 2020

EurisyOverview of EU agricultural industry

Europe is the largest exporter of agri-food products

• Exports reaching in 2018 €138 B

• Agriculture contributed for 1.1% of total EU GDP in 2028

• Agriculture labor an estimated 9.3 million full-time workers

• Agricultural income increased of about 2.5% from 2018 to 2019

EurisyEU agriculture challenges

✓ Competitiveness ✓ Food security ✓ Sustainable use of natural

resources

Feeding a growing population

Providing livelihood for farmers

Protecting the environment

✓ Climate change ✓ Changing consumer demands✓ Difficulties in uptake new

technologies

EurisyWhat space can do?

Risk management Phytopathology Precision Farming

Climate change impact analysisNatural Hazard protection

Soil degradation

Soil moisture map and trendsLandslides map and movements

Desertification risk map Crop maps & crop change map

MODIS-Terra; VIIRS-SUOMI NPP; Sentinel 1,2,3,4,5; Landsat8 ;

Radarsat; PALSAR

Disease monitoring Disease risk

Mapping disease events Map of possible disease events

Foliage temperatureVegetation indexes

Landsat 8; Aster; RapidEye; SPOT; DMS; Sentinel 1

Soil and plants monitoringMinimizing the use of chemicals

Optimizing water resources Evaluation quality of seeds

EO vegetation indexes Vegetation status map

Crop water requirement mapSoil quality indicator map

Landsat 8; Aster; RapidEye. SPOT; DMS

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EurisyRecent activities

• SAPARM: finding green pastures thanks to satellite data

• Agro_less: satellite information and field knowledge help farmers reduce fertilisers and water

• ARPA Emilia-Romagna: Satellite images to forecast seasonal irrigation needs

• iColt

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• Policy Brief: Fostering the use of satellite Remote Sensing to support Plant Health surveillance activities

Recent activities

Eurisye-shape

48 months | 54 partners | EU contribution 15M €

Foster the development of valuable Earth Observation services with and for the users

Eurisye-shape co-design methodology

Co-design a user-centric go-to-market strategy

Implementation building on European EO infrastructure assets

User Uptakesupporting pilots to reach the next level

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