The Success Stories section highlights the journeys of farmers and agri-food businesses that collaborated with #DigiAgriFood. Through the Hub’s services and tools, with vision and dedication to digital transformation, they are putting innovation into practice in the agri-food sector.
#DigiAgriFood continues to actively support every effort that leads to smarter, more sustainable, and more competitive agricultural production.
The Agro Team Greece Cooperative, a beneficiary of #DigiAgriFood, collaborated with the University of Thessaly, a Hub partner, through the UAV Field Monitoring (TRL 9) service. This collaboration applied innovative crop monitoring technologies to optimize irrigation management.
The challenges
The cooperative’s producers faced a significant issue of unnecessarily excessive water usage for irrigation, which increased production costs and reduced the sustainability of their crops.
The solution
With the support of the University of Thessaly and by utilizing AgroNode technology equipped with a variety of sensors, the fields were monitored in real time, while targeted consultation was provided for optimal irrigation scheduling.
The results
The implementation of the service delivered impressive outcomes:
- 40% reduction in irrigation water usage
- 20% increase in crop yield
Reducing resource waste while boosting productivity demonstrated how technology can serve as a real tool for sustainable growth in the agricultural sector.
What the end users say about their collaboration with the Hub.
By leveraging the digital solutions provided by the #digiagrifood hub, we have enhanced both the quality of our products and the efficiency of our operations. We now have a clear understanding of how, when, and why each process should be executed.
Giannis Sidiropoulos, Farmer