HIGHLIGHTS
Unravelling the role of biodiversity in the food-health nexus
Regarding the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) report Unravelling the Food–Health Nexus, which we mentioned a couple of days ago, I hear that there was surprise in some quarters that biodiversity didn’t get more of a mention in... read moreInspirational ideas: AgriSo – agriculture from soil to satellite
When Ştefan Stănescu a young farmer in Romania wanted to use a monitoring system on his farm, he could not find one on the market in his country. Stefan said “We searched the market – from GPS companies to custom-made software firms, but nobody had an... read moreDo not miss the opportunity to endorse the DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION manifesto
The DSI Manifesto sets the right priorities and identifies the most urgent measures to be put in place for digital innovation to be at the service of the whole civil society. Therefore, your understading, support and endorsement of the DSI is very much appreciated,... read more
Get ready! Build your team to prepare yourself for the CAPSELLA Innovation Contest!
Get ready and join the Acceleration Contest that it is taking place in Athens on October the 6th and 7th 2017. Teams with complementary skills and backgrounds, compete to prove their capacity and execution capability by providing the most innovative solutions to the... read more
Call for good and promising practices for the region of Europe and Central Asia
Deadline : 8th of October 2017 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the e-Agriculture Community of Practice (CoP) are launching a call for good and promising practices on the use of ICTs for Agriculture in the region of Europe and... read more
CAPSELLA at Agri-Innovation summit 2017 in Lisbon
CAPSELLA will not miss this key opportunity and thanks to one of its partners – Agroknow will be joining the Agri-Innovation summit 2017 which will take place on 11-12 October 2017 in Lisbon. This event is intended as the first major occasion to assemble in one... read more
2017 Call for Organic Innovations: Deadline extended to September the 1st 2017
How do we move organic forward to ensure sustainability & health of our food systems? Innovation is one of the answers. Are you a farmer, researcher or a company that have an innovative solution for one of the needs of the organic sector below? Improving soil... read more
Demonstration of the CAPSELLA participatory smartphone app for soil quality evaluation in Lyon!
The CAPSELLA Team will have a strong and active presence in Lyon at the first Agroecology Europe Forum. Two of the CAPSELLA pilots, specifically the Spade Test for the soil health and the new Field Data recording app will be showed during one of the workshops taking... read more
The roadmap to better food: Using ICT and Open Data to Overcome Barriers in the Agriculture Value Chain
Within the OPEN SCIENCE FAIR, CAPSELLA jointly with the eRosa and AGINFRA+ projects will organise a workshop to discuss infrastructures for open science in the agri-food domain. It will also discuss the issue and the importance of open data for agricultural and... read more