Duration and funding of the project
The AgriTech Innovation-TreeDigital begins on 1 March 2026 and ends on 28 February 2029. It is implemented as part of the Interreg VI Germany-Netherlands programme and is co-financed with 1.944 million euros by the European Union, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZK), the MWIKE NRW and the Province of Limburg and the Province of North Brabant. The project has a total budget of approximately 3.4 million euros. About 1.5 million of this is financed by the ten project partners themselves. More information can be found at: https://deutschland-nederland.eu/
Project objective
The aim of the project is to particularly simplify and accelerate the digital transformation for small and medium-sized enterprises in the agri-business in the German-Dutch border area through product development and accompanying activities in the field of knowledge transfer. By developing a practical application tool within the project, the yield and competitiveness of the companies will be strengthened.
With this tool, resource-saving production can be supported by providing relevant information early on, allowing for efficient measures to be taken, for example, in the use of crop protection products or water. The resulting higher product quality leads to less loss and waste. At the same time, the prediction of plant development becomes more accurate, which improves strategic actions in the market and increases competitiveness. Additionally, an integrated voice-controlled module contributes to the crop-specific documentation requirements and facilitates its use in the agricultural sector; an additional factor that strengthens the market position of companies.
Project description
The agribusiness, with its numerous companies in the supply and distribution chains of agriculture and horticulture, is an important economic sector for the German-Dutch border region. To ensure the competitiveness and future viability of these companies, it is essential to increase efficiency while also saving resources. Digitalisation, the application of AI, automation, and robotisation can make a significant contribution to this. In the Interreg project AgriTech Innovation – TreeDigital, a creative ecosystem is being developed, in which people, technologies, and ideas collaborate to stimulate innovations. This will make the German-Dutch border region a hub for the development of such innovations with a significant impact beyond this region.
As an example of the innovative strength of the sector, an automated digital assistance system is being developed, which brings together sensor and drone data and information from practitioners to register the vitality of nursery crops. The data is analysed and patterns are identified and made available to growers with the help of learning algorithms as a decision-making tool. The
emphasis is on the integration of multispectral images, obtained with drones and automatically analyzed, and on the development of a module for automatic speech processing for documenting the information of the grower.
This is accompanied by intensive knowledge transfer and supra-regional PR and communication on topics in the field of digitisation in agriculture and horticulture and the food sector. The aim is to create a creative ecosystem, in which knowledge about digital topics is transferred to accelerate the digital transformation in businesses in the region, reduce barriers to their application, and thus facilitate innovations in companies:
The latest news about this project: TreeDigital: Digital assistance system for nurseries – New technology detects plant stress early
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