Funding:
Project Acronym: SFT-EDIH
Project Name: SFT-EDIH - Smart Sustainable Farms, Foods and Trade European Digital Innovation Hub
Activity years: 2023-2025
Funding: PRR | Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação, I.P.
Reference: PRR 03/C16-i03/2022
Host Institution: BGI S.A. (Building Global Innovators)
Beneficiary Entity: Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Budget: 5 939 252,12 €
Researchers (ISEL):
Luís Redondo ORCID:0000-0002-2381-4627
Description:
The SFT-EDIH is the digital innovation hub for the agri-food sector, from farm to fork. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of key technologies for the digital transition, such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things, data science, blockchain, photonics, robotics, virtual and augmented reality and cybersecurity.
The main objective of the SFT-EDIH is to support the digital transition of 310 entities in the agri-food sector, providing training and qualification services, access to innovation networks, support for startups, access to financing and testing and experimentation of digital technologies (“test before investing”).
To this end, it has a comprehensive catalogue of services for producers, processors and distributors, provided by a consortium of 27 relevant entities in the digital transition of the sector.