Imagine trying to buy a new gadget for your farm but not knowing if it actually saves money or just looks fancy. This project creates a guidebook and a set of tools to see if digital tech actually works in the real world. It's like a 'consumer reports' for farm tech, helping farmers and advisors pick the right tools for their specific land.
Farmers often invest in digital tools without knowing if they will actually increase profit or reduce environmental impact. There is a lack of clear evidence and easy-to-use tools to measure the actual return on investment for farm tech.
A digital platform featuring search tools, cost-benefit calculators, and a demonstration handbook for on-farm tech events.
If you are a software provider dealing with low adoption rates because farmers doubt the ROI — this project developed assessment tools and indicators for digital readiness that prove the actual economic and environmental gains. This helps you market your product using real-world evidence from 20 Living Labs.
If you are an advisor dealing with fragmented data and confused clients — this project developed a demonstration handbook and calculators that help you guide farmers through their digital transition. You can use these to identify which tools fit a specific farm's capabilities.
If you are a manufacturer dealing with a gap between your tech's potential and its actual use on the field — this project developed scaling readiness indicators. This allows you to understand the exact conditions needed for your hardware to be successfully adopted across 18 different countries.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or commercial costs for the tools are mentioned; they are developed as part of an EU research project.
The project tests tools across 20 Living Labs in 18 countries, suggesting the methods are designed for wide-scale regional application across diverse farming systems.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not provided, though the project aims to support policies and AKIS networks.
The project addresses fragmented data systems by mapping digital ecosystems and creating a meta-inventory of technologies to improve how tools work together.
The project runs from 2022-10-01 to 2026-09-30, with current reports showing that prototypes and calculators are already being improved.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward research and academia, with 12 universities and 11 research institutes. However, it maintains a practical edge with 3 industry partners and 9 SMEs across 18 countries, ensuring that the digital tools are tested in diverse real-world agricultural settings rather than just in a lab.
Contact Universita di Pisa regarding the CODECS platform and assessment tools.
Contact SciTransfer to find the specific calculator prototypes for your region.
