Involvement of Smart Agriculture Excellence centres of CAAIVE

Smart Nest is seeking to join a Horizon Europe consortium as a partner responsible for stakeholder engagement, farmer involvement, pilot coordination, capacity building, knowledge transfer, dissemination and exploitation of project results.

Through our European network of agricultural Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs), we can support the implementation and validation of innovative solutions for crop diversification, sustainable farming practices and more resilient agricultural value chains.

Our potential contributions include:

• Engaging farmers, agricultural SMEs, vocational education institutions and other relevant stakeholders in co-creation and multi-actor activities.

• Facilitating field demonstrations, pilot activities and user validation of innovative agricultural solutions through our partner network.

• Developing training programmes and digital learning resources to support the adoption of diversified cropping practices, digital technologies and innovative business approaches.

• Supporting the dissemination, exploitation and transfer of project results to agricultural communities across Europe.

• Collecting stakeholder feedback and evaluating farmers' needs, barriers to adoption and opportunities for scaling innovative solutions.

Our expertise and access to facilities

Smart Nest is involved in CAAIVE – Centres of Agricultural AI Vocational Excellence to Empower the Agriculture Sector, an Erasmus+ Centres of Vocational Excellence project developing four regional hubs in Smart Agriculture.

The network connects agricultural VET institutions, farmers, universities, researchers, businesses and technology providers, creating opportunities for practical demonstrations, knowledge exchange, innovation testing and training.

We also maintain close connections with four other ongoing agricultural CoVE projects, extending our potential reach across European agricultural education and innovation ecosystems.

Our expertise includes:

• Digital transformation of agriculture, including AI and machine learning adoption, digital skills and precision agriculture.

• Design and development of innovative educational programmes, digital learning environments, interactive training resources and competence assessment tools.

• Stakeholder engagement, participatory learning, knowledge transfer and multi-actor collaboration.

• Quality assurance, evaluation, dissemination and exploitation of European project results.

Through CAAIVE and its partner institutions, we can facilitate access to regional agricultural innovation ecosystems, educational infrastructure, demonstration environments and relevant stakeholder communities, subject to arrangements with the participating institutions.

Our particular added value is the ability to connect research and innovation activities with farmers and agricultural education networks, supporting the transition from research results to practical implementation.

We can help a consortium ensure that innovations addressing crop diversification, farmers' profitability and resilience are developed with end users, tested in relevant agricultural environments, translated into practical training resources and disseminated through established European networks.

We are particularly interested in consortia looking for a partner to lead or contribute to work packages on stakeholder engagement, multi-actor cooperation, capacity building, pilot coordination, dissemination, exploitation and innovation uptake.