Provide digital solutions tailored to small and medium-sized farms to monitor and sustainably manage agricultural inputs and natural resources

– Small- and medium-sized farmers are empowered with innovative, tailored digital and data-driven solutions for sustainable management of water, nutrients, other inputs and natural resources in conventional and organic systems. – The digital divide between farms of differing capacities and characteristics is reduced. – Farming systems prevent and reduce pollution in water, air and soil, increase resource-use efficiency and resilience to climate change. – Farmers make more informed decisions on agricultural inputs and natural resources for environmental and economic sustainability, contributing to zero-pollution and Green Deal objectives.

1. Critically analyse potential and limitations of past/ongoing R&I results and conduct cost-benefit analyses to define further development needs. 2. Produce a structured catalogue of solutions relevant to farm monitoring and input management. 3. Identify barriers and enablers for translating R&I results into commercial tools, and map knowledge, training and policy feedback gaps. 4. Develop a FAIR-compliant, searchable web database with technical descriptions of all catalogue entries. 5. Create a free central brokerage/support service for industrial partners to match innovations to farmers’ requirements across diverse pedo-climatic, cropping and social conditions (including transferability checks). 6. Establish a network of R&I providers and intermediaries to assist industrial partners. 7. Design, prototype and operationally test digital/data-based innovations tailored to specific farmer contexts, addressing barriers (e.g. skills, connectivity, data availability, investment needs, gender roles). 8. Launch a community of practice to share experiences and leverage AKIS/national knowledge channels. 9. Define and implement dissemination, exploitation and monitoring plans for innovations and third-party activities. 10. Adopt a multi-actor approach (involving scientists, companies, innovators, advisors, farmers) and integrate social sciences/humanities expertise on technology adoption.