PEI-AGRI

Precision agriculture for cereal SMEs

Obiettivi
Objectives

Introduction, in a pilot company, of innovative precision agriculture technologies to support the various agronomic phases. The results will be transferred to the farms in the Arezzo area and in the Tuscan region and disseminated for the purpose of spreading the knowledge and allowing local SMEs (especially cereal ones) to evaluate the transition to the precision agriculture technologies, consistently with their own structures and potential. The aim is thus to contribute to the improvement of the productive performances of the companies and therefore of the competitiveness of the sector in respect of the increasingly conditioning constraints of economic and environmental sustainability

Activities
  • Animation and coordination
  • Support for the implementation of the pilot project. Assistance in the application of precision agriculture and monitoring in the company
  • Pilot project implementation, technical economic assessment and impact indicators of the introduction of Precision Agriculture practices in the Bemoccoli Company (application case) and impact assessment on organizational and management structure
  • Demonstrative actions and tutoring for the use of weather stations
  • Support for interaction between partners and development of an interactive knowledge transfer methodology, information actions, company visits and training
Context

The local farms have machines and cutting-edge technology park but often underutilized, if not entirely unused. The most frequent problems that slow down the use of these innovations, although they greatly facilitate activities in terms of time (saving of hours), quality of work, safety and, above all, energy and chemical savings, are:

  • need for technical support, often not provided by companies that produce / sell Precision Agriculture machinery and equipment;
  • shortage of skilled labor;
  • unclear ideas on the cost / benefit ratio of Precision Agriculture
Partenariato
Ruolo
Leader
Name
Bonifiche Ferraresi spa
Action manager
Francesco Pugliese
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
CAICT srl - Centro Assistenza Imprese Coldiretti Toscana
Action manager
Claudia Fedi
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Università degli Studi di Firenze - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI)
Action manager
Marco Vieri
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Azienda agricola Bemoccoli
Action manager
Roberto Bemoccoli
@email
Ruolo
Partner
Name
Impresa Verde Arezzo srl
Action manager
Roberto Marchesini
@email
Pratice abstract
Description

Innovative precision agriculture technologies to support the various agronomic phases.