What was the challenge/problem addressed?
La Vega Innova is a key DIH in the agricultural sector, bringing together start-ups, experts, researchers and investors to tackle the biggest challenges in agriculture and livestock.
The Agrolabs aim to showcase new technology for the agri-food sector, such as IoT with NB-IoT cellular connectivity, Artificial Intelligence, specialized SaaS services, Blockchain, etc. by deploying and testing them on-site, creating an environment where various users of La Vega Innova can experiment with different technological solutions firsthand. All information and data generated in the Agrolabs will be integrated into La Vega Innova’s FIWARE platform.
How did you solve the problem?
iHUB visitors can test the technology displayed in the Agrolab and access the results from each Agrolab’s dedicated platforms and the dashboards available on the FIWARE La Vega Innova platform. They can also gather information about the technology used in each Agrolab.
Agro-food technology companies in the iHUB can utilize the generated information and data to develop new products and services or enhance their existing ones.
What is innovative in your practical case?
These concentrate on the issues and challenges of the agri-food sector and the information already available from existing technology at CENCA and CENTER. As such, Agrolabs have proposed IoT technologies with NB-IoT cellular connectivity, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to boost the sector’s efficiency, profitability, and digitalization.
What are the success factors in solving the problem?
Our DIH aims to foster an innovative and experimental ecosystem in the agri-food sector.
This allows agri-food stakeholders to learn about, test, and experiment with new tools that enhance aspects like yield, final production, consumer communication, supply chain management, and other crucial management factors.
La Vega Innova offers a local environment for testing and deploying technology.
The data generated by these projects is integrated into La Vega Innova’s FIWARE platform, promoting information exchange using the same standard and facilitating the development of new Agrotech products or services based on this data.
Lessons learned
Active agrolabs will be listed on the La Vega Innova website, with their availability duration indicated. A physical space will be set up at La Vega Innova for you to explore and experiment with the deployed technologies.
All agrolabs are free services offered to iHUB users for validating and testing the deployed AgroTech technologies.
Agrolabs will be set up either at La Vega Innova’s physical location or at the experimental farms of CENCA/CENTER. Regardless of the location, the collected data and dashboards can always be accessed from the Vega Innova facilities, both on the available FIWARE platform and on dashboards and platforms specific to each agrolab.
Participation in an agrolab does not require the submission of personal data. If you wish to test the deployed technologies with data from your own farm or agrotech project, we assure complete confidentiality and protection of sensitive data (e.g., plot identification data) and their deletion after the agrolab concludes..
What role does the advisor or advisory service play with the practical case?
The advisor acts as a facilitator recommending stakeholders to propose an agrolab model.
Can your approach be transferred and/or adapted for other innovation challenges and regions?
Yes
Estimated transferability on a scale from 1 to 5
(where 1 is easy and 5 very difficult)
3
For sharing the experience on the good practice, please contact
Juan Pedro Romero Trueba
jpromero@mapa.es
Link to external information
https://lavegainnova.es/en/agrolabs/
https://lavegainnova.es/en/agrolabs/agrolab-fertilizacion-inteligente/