NURTURE-Africa 2027 | Seeking Research & Pilot Partners

NURTURE Europe 2027 – Building a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Consortium

Target call: HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-FARM2FORK-01
Increasing the resilience of agriculture in water and nutrient-scarce environments through digital innovations.

Project Overview

NURTURE is a Horizon Europe proposal under development, led in its preparation by Negentra, a deep technology R&D company based in Türkiye.

The project aims to develop and validate an integrated, farmer-centred digital framework to improve agricultural resilience to water and nutrient scarcity across European farming systems.

NURTURE will combine agricultural science, environmental monitoring, physics-informed artificial intelligence, digital twins and decision-support technologies to help farmers optimise water and nutrient inputs while maintaining productivity and reducing environmental impacts.

Research and Innovation Objectives

• Investigate interactions among soil, plants, water, nitrogen, phosphorus and climatic conditions.

• Develop interoperable monitoring and data integration approaches for agricultural environments.

• Design physics-informed digital twins and AI-driven decision-support systems.

• Evaluate irrigation scheduling, nutrient management and resource-efficient agricultural practices.

• Validate solutions across contrasting European farming systems and pedoclimatic regions.

• Assess affordability, adoption barriers, environmental benefits and opportunities for scaling.

Partners We Are Seeking

We are particularly interested in collaboration with:

1. Universities and research institutions with expertise in agronomy, soil science, plant physiology, hydrology and nutrient management.

2. Certified organic farms and agricultural organisations able to support real-world research and validation.

3. Agricultural research centres and pilot operators with access to greenhouses or open-field experimental facilities.

4. Sensor manufacturers, IoT technology providers and agricultural data specialists.

5. Farmer associations, agricultural cooperatives and advisory organisations.

6. Environmental research organisations and experts in biodiversity, socio-economic evaluation and technology adoption.

Current Development Status

The project is in consortium development and research-design preparation. Initial discussions with European agricultural and research organisations are underway.

Additional partners providing complementary scientific expertise, operational farming environments and verifiable field-validation capabilities are welcome.

Negentra's Contribution

Negentra brings experience in AI, physics-informed machine learning, digital twins, scientific computing, data integration and research software development.

We intend to contribute to the digital architecture, simulation models, predictive analytics, intelligent decision-support tools and technical validation activities.

Collaboration Invitation

We invite interested organisations to meet us during the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Brokerage Event in Brussels on 15 January 2027.

Our objective is to identify complementary capabilities, discuss potential consortium roles and jointly develop a competitive proposal for the 2027 call.