HUB for Agriculture (HUB4AGRI)

Overview

The HUB4AGRI is an initiative led by the Technological Interface Center for Digital Technologies - ISQ- with the support of the University of Évora, National Network of Experimentation and Agrarian and Animal Research, Cluster TICE.PT- Portuguese TIC cluster, CONFAGRI - National Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives and Agricultural Credit of Portugal, Start-Up Portugal - National Incubator network, and others (see Coordinator & Partners).

The HUB4AGRI  initiative aims to create a multi-sector cooperation network that promotes the connection between technology providers and the needs of the agricultural sector supporting innovation connected with digital decision support tools and R&D activities, serving as a one-stop shop for the provision through a European cooperation network.

This cooperation network aims to (1) be the link between technology providers and digital decision support tools and the needs of the agricultural sector. (2) to attract new users of Digital Decision Support Tools in the agricultural sector. (3) attract innovative and competitive technology providers (startups and SMEs) capable of providing the farming community with new solutions based on the use of Digital DST for increased productivity and sustainability. (4) create a critical mass that exploits new areas of application for ICT in agriculture in general. (5) increase the deployment of technologies in the agricultural sector. Digital technologies.