NEFERTITI
NEFERTITI: Networking European Farms to Enhance cRoss ferTilisation and Innovation uptake Through demonstratIon
The overall objective of NEFERTITI is to establish an EU-wide highly connected network of demonstration and pilot farms designed to enhance knowledge exchanges, cross fertilization among actors and efficient innovation uptake in the farming sector through peer-to-peer demonstration of techniques on 10 major agricultural challenges in Europe.
Some facts about the project:
- selected for 4 years under Horizon 2020,
- comprising 32 partners from 16 countries
- 10 Networks on specific themes
- 45 regional/national hubs of demo farms
Themes of the 10 specific Networks, SZE (Hungary) works in 5 and 10 Networks:
- Grassland and carbon sequestration
- Data driven decisions for dairy farmers
- Robust organic livestock systems
- Optimal soil quality in arable crops
- Arable crop sensing and variable rate applications (hub leader: Viktória Vona)
- Increasing productivity and quality in organic arable cropping
- Water use efficiency in horticulture
- Reducing pesticides use in the production of grapes, fruits and vegetables
- You can Farm: Farm attractiveness (hub leader: András Vér)
Storyboards promoting networks viewed here.
Period: 01.01.2018. – 31.12.2021.
Funding: European Commission, H2020, Societal Challenge 2, RUR 12-2017 call
Hungarian project leader: Dr. András Vér PhD, senior research fellow, ver.andras@sze.hu
More information about the project: https://nefertiti-h2020.eu/
Nefertiti project flyer downloaded here.
Videos
The videos of innovative opportunities produced by the 10 thematic networks in the framework of the Nefertiti project can be viewed in several languages by clicking on the image. Please note that most of the videos have the possibility to change the subtitle language.
