Agri
The agricultural sector produces a wide range of data, including livestock, land, soil fertility data, and more. The size disparity between agri-food sector players requires building trust between big corporations and farmers, ensuring farmers control their data (data sovereignty). Data spaces in agriculture enable secure, federated data usage, which is crucial for the digital transformation of agriculture.
The European Union has funded several innovative initiatives in agriculture. AgriDataSpace, utilises data sharing, processing, and analysis to optimise natural resource use and stimulate data-driven innovations. Another initiative, DIVINE, focuses on building an agri-data ecosystem for real-time applications like crop yield prediction at UCD Lyons Research Farm in Ireland, sustainable food production in Murska Sabot, Slovenia, smart farming data for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) monitoring in Greece, and assessing data-sharing impacts on traditional olive and almond plantations in Spain.
Several initiatives have adopted the iSHARE Trust Framework to facilitate data pooling, improving data availability, quality, and interoperability. eVine2Wine manages vineyard block data access and conditions for selective data sharing through the iSHARE Trust Framework. Similarly, AgriSpace4Trust leverages the Trust Framework for access validation, authorisation, and policy management. These use cases help achieve data sovereignty and portability for farmers, enabling them to manage and valorise their data.
Discover more on how eVine2Wine and AgriSpace4Trust are already benefiting from the iSHARE Trust Framework, and explore how you can leverage it.