Farmtopia Data Exchange Module: Farmtopia’s 5th Practice Abstract
This is the fifth Practice Abstract developed in the scope of the Farmtopia project, authored by Odysseas Sekkas from NEUROPUBLIC.
Different agricultural digital solutions frequently are incompatible and cannot exchange data making their use by farmers, advisors and cooperatives more difficult. Agricultural information, such as weather forecasts, pest data and farm records cannot be integrated, and as a result, inefficiencies increase and the potential for decision-making remains unrealized. Furthermore, the use of data-sharing tools needs to also take into consideration security and privacy issues.
Solution
Solution
The Farmtopia Data Exchange Module provides a standardized, interoperable platform for peer-to-peer data sharing. It ensures compatibility across tools and data formats, enabling the integration of farm management systems and other digital solutions. The module aligns with EU Data Act standards, prioritizing data privacy and ownership while fostering collaboration and efficiency.
Benefit
• Interoperability: Connects diverse platforms, reducing manual data management.
• Data Control: Empowers users to manage and secure their data
• Scalability: Adaptable for farms of various sizes, cooperatives, and advisors.
Practical Implementation
• Farmers: Can use this module to exchange data (e.g. digital calendars) with other farmers that they trust, even if they are using non-interoperable systems provided by different software vendors.
• Advisors: Leverage consolidated data from groups of farmers even if they use non-interoperable FMISs. This provides advanced information richness and hence improved control and decision making, helping advisors to have close to real time access to farming activities even for groups of farmers (e.g. members of farmers’ association).
• Cooperatives: Facilitate collaborative decision-making and benchmarking among members.
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