Smart Farming Technology Group - Agricultural University of Athens

Led by Professor Dr Spyros Fountas, the Smart Farming Technology Group (SFTG), belongs to the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). The team specializes in the subjects of precision agriculture and farm management information systems. Among other research activities, SFTG is involved into: • ICAERUS (Coordinators): “Innovations and Capacity building in Agricultural Environmental and Rural UAV Services”, 2022-2026, Horizon Europe. • BEATLES (Coordinators): “Co-creating Behavioural Change Towards Climate-Smart Food Systems”, 2022 - 2026, Horizon Europe Oper8 (Coordinators): “European Thematic Network for unlocking the full potential of Operational Groups on alternative weed control”, 2022-2025, Horizon Europe. • Futural (Coordinators): “Empowering the future through innovative smart solutions for rural areas”, 2023 - 2027, Horizon Europe. • SmartDroplets (Coordinators): “Accelerating the achievement of EU Green Deal Goals for pesticide and fertilizer reduction through AI, data, and robotic technologies.”, 2022-2026, Horizon Europe. • EUFarmBook (WP leaders): “EU-FarmBook: supporting knowledge exchange between all AKIS actors in the European Union”, 2022-2029, Horizon Europe. • ModernAkis (Task leaders): “Modernisation of Agriculture through more efficient and effective Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems”, 2022-2029, Horizon Europe. •CrackSense (WP leaders): “High throughput real-time monitoring and prediction of fruit”, 2023 - 2026, Horizon Europe.