EUROACE presents a wide margin for improvement in innovation capacity, especially in converting research results into options applicable to the productive fabric. To achieve this, it is necessary to increase spending on I+D+i, as well as increase the relative weight of personnel who develop technological and knowledge activities, especially women. Furthermore, in a territory with a poorly diversified productive fabric, it is necessary to promote business competitiveness, keeping in mind Industry 4.0 and the opportunities for economic diversification offered by new technologies for a key sector in the 3 regions such as agri-food and forestry. Thus, the TID4AGRO project aims to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the EUROACE agri-food sector through the digitalization of its processes throughout the value chain and through the generation, validation and transfer of knowledge in advanced, innovative and digital technologies. At an operational level it aims to:
1) Identify the digitalization needs of the agri-food sector and its actors and promote its connection with competence centers and potential digital enablers;
2) Develop and validate innovative digital solutions throughout the value chain;
3) Evaluate and apply innovative technologies to improve products and make processes more efficient, through monitoring, sensorization, automation and digitalization;
4) Increase knowledge about innovative and digital solutions applicable in the sector agri-food through awareness, dissemination and training;
5) Prioritize the environmental component in relation to the low-carbon economy, climate resilience and climate adaptation.
Given the convergence in problems, needs and also in complementarities of the 3 regions, joining forces is more than an option, it is an obligation, to reach the levels of critical mass that facilitate the achievement of the intended objective. The project is innovative both in its approach, with the creation of an intervention process based on public-private collaboration that builds a competitive advantage for both companies and knowledge generators through the use of innovative methodologies in the transfer and validation process. of technologies as well as the technologies themselves to be promoted (Artificial Intelligence, Sensory, Digital Models or Big Data).
