CONTEXTUnder the Europe 2020 Strategy, Growth and employment in rural areas, food security and climate change are the challenges facing the response of the new agricultural reform in the EU. An adequate response to these challenges represents a third revolution in the sector, which is already in progress in agriculture and requires the appropriate means. In Indeed, these are digital media, robotics, that affect remote management and improve surveillance and early warning, also represent an employment opportunity for qualified young people in these subjects.Smart Farming was accepted as a method to improve livelihoods and sustainability, but there is a need for a change in practice and in mindset among farmers to bring this about; requires bringing together advisory services; stimulates Networking and Cooperation. New technologies can be transformative, but there is a need to make these more widely known, including practical examples of their use and application. SFATE partners have decided to work together approximating innovation to rural actors, and especially the youngest who are more familiar with digital and technologies tools.OBJECTIVES• To increase knowledge and the acquisition of smart farming skills in VET Centers• To identify new employment opportunities regarding smart farming •To spread knowledge on smart farming to the general public in order to generate attractiveness to rural areasTARGET GROUP: Teachers, trainers, advisers, entrepreneurship advisors, students, farmers, and young people in general but also those who are not from agricultural areas.ACTIVITIESThe work of the Strategic Partnership is based on the knowledge and experience among its members, the active share of experiences and exchange of views and the evaluation along the project life. This is mainly done through participating in face-to-face meetings, contributing to specific tasks and taking part in online discussions.The core of the project consists of 8 activities addressed to get the foreseen results:A1. INVENTORY OF EXISTING PRACTICES. Identify existing practices of smart farming, collecting all the information concernedA2. EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES IDENTIFIED. Analysis of technologies, processes, human resourcesA3. ADAPTATION OF CONTENTS to be presented in a virtual source called “Smart Farming Portal”A4. Study "New Jobs and Farm Innovation". Analyze the existing practices on smart farm focused on an employment perspective.A5. DESIGN THE SMART FARMING PORTALA6. TESTING the functioning of the SFATE PORTAL A7. ANALYSIS OF TESTING RESULTS AND FEED-BACK.A8. TRAINING for users .Communication is running throughout the whole project life, as well as all management, monitoring and evaluation activities. The dissemination activities to extend the impact of the project are developed during the project but increasing during the last 6 months of the project.RESULTSO1 “Smart Farming Portal”To increase knowledge and the acquisition of smart farming skills in VET Centers the SFATE partnership design and set up a training portal called "smart farming portal". Teacher, trainers, advisors of VET Centers have a new digital source to teach and learn on smart farming. Young people studying at the VET connect through the training portal with real experiences concerning the use of smart farm technologies and its possibilities for new jobs and employment. O2. STUDY REPORT ON NEW JOBS AND FARM INNOVATIONThe report is aimed to make a didactic guide that will orient trainers on the best way of using the tools which were made in the project so as to develop the required competences that are needed to operate the identified technologies. The report will also provide valuable information to design curricula, so as to better target them to the available job opportunities within the scope of the project.IMPACTS. Increasing skills and the use of ICT of Teachers, trainers, advisors, students, farmers. increasing skills on smart farming of Teachers, trainers, advisors, students (young and adults), farmers . increasing employability of Students (young and adults). increasing attractivity of rural areas to young people and general public. improving the CURRICULA OF THE VET CENTERS involve in the SFATE partnership: Federación EFA Galicia and Bioteschniski Center Naklo.Outside the partnership:. to have a new tool for vocational training. to offer a wider VET base on smart farming. to increase the knowledge on new employment opportunities in rural areas base on smart farming
CONTEXT Under the Europe 2020 Strategy, Growth and employment in rural areas, food security and climate change are the challenges facing the response of the new agricultural reform in the EU. An adequate response to these challenges represents a third revolution in the sector, which is already in progress in agriculture and requires the appropriate means. In Indeed, these are digital media, robotics, that affect remote management and improve surveillance and early warning, also represent an employment opportunity for qualified young people in these subjects. Smart Farming was accepted as a method to improve livelihoods and sustainability, but there is a need for a change in practice and in mindset among farmers to bring this about; requires bringing together advisory services; stimulates Networking and Cooperation. New technologies can be transformative, but there is a need to make these more widely known, including practical examples of their use and application.SFATE partners have decided to work together approximating innovation to rural actors, and especially the youngest who are more familiar with digital and technologies tools. PARTNERS Coordinator: Consellería de Educación, Universidade e Formación Profesional Federación EFA Galicia - VET USC - (Escola Politécnica Superior - Lugo) - University Association des Chambres d'Agriculture de l'Arc Atlantique(Francia) - Agricultural Chamber Philipps Universitaet Marburg (Alemaña)-University Biotehniski center Naklo (Eslovenia) - VET ACTIVITIES The core of the project consists of 8 activities addressed to get the foreseen results: A1 INVENTORY OF EXISTING PRACTICES. Identify existing practices of smart farming, collecting all the information concerned A2 EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES IDENTIFIED. Analysis of technologies, processes, human resources A3 ADAPTATION OF CONTENTS to be presented in a virtual source called "Smart Farming Portal" A4 Study "New Jobs and Farm Innovation". Analyze the existing practices on smart farm focused on an employment perspective A5 DESIGN THE SMART FARMING PORTAL A6 TESTING the functioning of the SFATE PORTAL A7 ANALYSIS OF TESTING RESULTS AND FEED-BACK A8 TRAINING for users OBJECTIVES To increase knowledge and the acquisition of smart farming skills in VET Centers To identify new employment opportunities regarding smart farming To spread knowledge on smart farming to the general public in order to generate attractiveness to rural areas TARGET GROUP: Teachers, trainers, advisers, entrepreneurship advisors, students, farmers, and young people in general but also those who are not from agricultural areas. RESULTS_Output 1 1 Smart Farming Portal (web sfate.eu) It is the intellectual product of the SFATE project which is aimed at making a review and inventory of the available intelligent agricultural technologies, the employment opportunities associated with them and the didactic resources available to acquire the necessary skills to access these new employment opportunities. Students in the subject area of agriculture, teachers, advisors, farmers and other agents from all over Europe benefit from the portal. SFATE PORTAL incorporates a USER'S GUIDE for easy browsing. 2 Study report It aims to analyse the information gathered in the SFATE project in order to provide guidance to farmers, students and teachers in the agricultural or forestry branch, advisors and other relevant actors on the potentialities of intelligent agriculture, the skills needed to incorporate these technologies into current agricultural practices, the employment opportunities offered by intelligent agriculture, and the adaptation of training programmes in agriculture and forestry sciences to facilitate access to these employment opportunities. Intelligent agriculture can respond to the main challenges of European agriculture and forestry that are summarised below: Increasing EU food security, Promoting growth and jobs in rural areas, Addressing environmental and climate change challenges. 3 Didactic Guide It proposes how the Smart Farming portal can be incorporated as a didactic tool in the basic, intermediate and upper-level vocational training cycles of the agricultural and forestry professional families. The Guide indicates the professional modules, also associated with some unit of competence, in which the SFATE portal can develop new skills in students focused on training specialization and new job opportunities within the primary sector.The guide describes practical cases of implementation IMPACTS AND BENEFITS To increase skills on smart farming of Teachers, trainers, advisors, students and farmers To improve the CURRICULA OF THE VET CENTERS To have a new tool for vocational training To offer a wider VET base on smart farming To increase attractivity of rural areas to young people and general public To increase the knowledge on new employment opportunities in rural areas base on smart farming