Lantern Grants

AI supporting informed advice for farmers and foresters to improve competitiveness and sustainability

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
€5,000,000 – €6,000,000
Deadline
May 11, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL6-2027-03-GOVERNANCE-04 · HORIZON Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL6-2027-03: Call 03 - single stage (2027). Opens 2027-02-04; next deadline 2027-05-11. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL6-2027-03-GOVERNANCE-04

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: - innovative AI-based solutions provide advisors, farmers and foresters with comprehensive, tailored and impartial advice to farmers and foresters to support them in their decisions as well as on the selection of innovative solutions, boosting the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the EU agriculture and forestry sectors; - capacity and skills of advisors, farmers, and foresters related to the effective use of AI solutions are improved; - use of existing and new data relevant for the decision-making for the optimized management of operations and the selection of innovative solutions on farms and in forests is increased.

Scope: Digital technologies hold the potential to revolutionise farming and forestry, offering new opportunities to meet the rising demand for food, as well as biomass, while taking care of the environment, climate and people. With the growing availability of datasets relevant for both the agricultural and forestry sector, artificial intelligence technologies offer significant opportunities to harness data, enhance access to tailored information, and develop effective tools to support advisors, farmers and foresters in their operations. Successful proposals should contribute to build a competitive and resilient agriculture and forestry sectors. Proposals should: - develop, test, validate and pilot cost-effective AI-based solutions that make use of the various existing reliable and trustable knowledge reservoirs and provide contextual, effective and impartial advice for advisors, farmers and…

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