Imagine paying a farmer not just for their corn, but for the clean air and healthy soil their land provides. This project creates a digital way to measure those environmental benefits and pay farmers fairly based on actual results. It's like a performance-based bonus for nature, funded by private companies and government grants.
Farmers struggle to get paid for the environmental benefits they provide, and private funders lack the digital tools to verify these results before paying.
Digital management tools for monitoring and administration, harmonised on-farm indicators, and result-based payment schemes.
If you are a technology developer dealing with a lack of standardized metrics for soil health — this project developed harmonised on-farm indicators and an open call for monitoring technologies that allow for verifiable result-based payments.
If you are a private fund manager dealing with the difficulty of verifying green impact — this project developed digitally enabled PES schemes that leverage private funding to ensure transparent remuneration linked to measurable outcomes.
If you are a farm manager dealing with unstable income from traditional crops — this project developed a way to access new revenue streams through result-based payments for biodiversity and climate resilience across 175 farms.
Based on available project data, specific pricing for the tools is not listed, but the project aims to mobilise €1M in funding to support these schemes.
The project tests scalability through 8 pilots in 6 countries, engaging 175 farms to create a blueprint for mainstreaming these payments across Europe.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not provided, though the project involves 21 partners including 7 industry members and 4 SMEs.
The outcomes are designed to align with the EU Green Deal, the Nature Restoration Law, and the post-2027 CAP.
The project runs from September 1, 2026, to February 28, 2031.
The consortium is highly market-oriented, featuring 21 partners with a 33% industry ratio (7 companies). The inclusion of 4 SMEs and 5 research entities suggests a balanced pipeline from technical development to commercial application, spanning 12 different countries to ensure cross-border scalability.
Contact the Centro de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agroalimentaria de Aragon in Spain.
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