Spain participates in the largest European AI and robotics project in the agri-food sector

Published 2024년 7월 10일

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Spain is participating in a European Union artificial intelligence (AI) and agri-food robotics project called AgrifoodTEC, the largest of its kind in the EU with a global investment of 60 million euros. The Spanish node of the project, located at MAPA La Vega Innova, has a budget of five million euros, funded equally by the Agriculture department and the European Commission. The initiative aims to accelerate the development of AI and robotics solutions for the agricultural sector. The Spanish satellite node will be strategically located in Córdoba, A Coruña, and Lleida, with a focus on various subsectors such as arable crops, horticulture, extensive livestock farming, the food industry, forage production, and dairy production.

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food participates in the largest artificial intelligence (AI) and agri-food robotics project in the European Union (EU), with a global investment of 60 million euros and five million in the Spanish "node", according to reported this Wednesday. Agriculture has presented in San Fernando de Henares (Madrid) the "Spanish satellite node" of said project, called AgrifoodTEC, in which Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Holland, Italy, Poland and Sweden are also involved. The Spanish satellite node, presented at the MAPA La Vega Innova center, has a budget of five million euros, financed in equal parts by Agriculture and the European Commission, according to the statement. The general director of Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training of MAPA, Isabel Bombal, has highlighted the importance of this initiative, which is integrated into the III Action Plan 2024-2026 of the Digitalization Strategy of the sector promoted by the ...

Source: PEefeagro