Mastering #AgTech again

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Mastering #AgTech again
Could the training of intermediate players ease the
deployment of precision agriculture ?
D . R I Z Z O – S . R I T Z – A . C O M B A U D

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Mastering #AgTech again
D . R I Z Z O – S . R I T Z – A . C O M B A U D
Associate professor
in agronomy, data scientist 1,2
Chairholder 2 Director of educational programs
in agronomy and agro-industries 1
The 9th International Scientific Conference
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2019: Research and Innovation for Bioeconomy
26-28th September, 2019 Vytautas Magnus University | Akademija, Kaunas district, Lithuania http://www.ruraldevelopment.lt
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@interact_lab @chaireamnt
Mastering #Agtech (keynote)
Training of intermediate players

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AgTech is changing farming
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AND SO THE INVOLVED ACTORS SKILLS AND NEEDS
This talk will
provide an overview
of the multiple,
sometimes
contrasting
perspectives on
agtech players and
their role for future
agriculture and
challenges for
education and
training (in France)
©CCBYRizzoD2019,Rob’Olympiades,Poitiers

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Mastering #AgTech Again
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A PRESENTATION IN 3 STEPS
UniLaSalle: Earth and Science
1. AgTech perspectives
2. Actors of French AgTech
3. (re)framing AgTech Players
Take home message

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–– UniLaSalle
Earth and Science
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Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle
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A privat e higher educat ion inst it ut e
2900 students
3 integrated degree
programs in Food &
Health, Geology &
Environment,
Agronomy and other
Bachelor and Master
degree programs
4 Academic and
Industrial Chairs
4 research groups
and several facilities
member of the Lasallian education network
3 campuses in northern France:
Beauvais, Rouen, Rennes

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Our educational offer (example 1)
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International Sustainable Agribusiness & Food Engineering
100 % Taught in English
1st in France in the Field
French Engineering Title
recognized worldwide
– Equivalent BSc+MSc
2nd Engineering Program in
France 100% English
After 5 years – Bilingual
/Trilingual
http://international.unilasalle.fr/ I-SAFE

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emPLANT Master Program (example 2)
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5 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES, 2 YEARS, 1 MASTER DEGREE
http://international.unilasalle.fr/

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4 Research Units
Research Unit UP 2018.C102
Interdisciplinary research
group working on
organizational innovation
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INnovation TERritory Agriculture &
Agro-industry, Knowledge and Technology
19 Researchers (Beauvais, Rouen)
1 Research assistant
2 PhD students
Director: Loïc SAUVEE loic.sauvee@unilasalle.fr
OUR GOAL
Understanding and supporting
sociotechnical transition of
agriculture, agribusiness
companies and agrifood SMEs*
towards sustainability and
innovative models of organization
Examples
(i) innovative models of organization
that challenge the intensive
farming model
(ii) an organization and
recomposition of agricultural
space and agri-food chains
including urban / rural relations.
*SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises

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1 – AgTech
perspectives
New tools for new farming systems?
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Farm (new) technologies
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WHAT DO THEY INCLUDE?
Important subset
of the agrifood
tech landscape,
often referred to as
‘agtech.’
Cosgrove E, Leclerc R, Burwood-Taylor L, Chauhan R (2018) AgFunder Agrifood Tech Investing Report 2017. AgFunder
Farm Robotics, Mechanization &
Equipment. On-farm machinery,
automation, drone manufacturers,
crop and livestock related
equipment
Farm Management Software,
Sensing & IoT. Ag data capturing
devices, decision support software,
big data analytics
Novel Farming Systems, Ag
Biotechnology, Agribusiness
Marketplaces, Bioenergy &
Biomaterials, Farm-to-Consumer
eGrocery, etc.

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AgTech opens new ways
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BEYOND PRECISION AGRICULTURE
Automatic machines
collecting and
managing data,
(feeding big-data)
new tools for fine-
tuning farmers’
decision making and
to monitor the
environmental footprint
of agriculture.
Amid the different
technologies
enabling a greater
precision of
agriculture,
robotics and
sensors could
radically change
the way of farming.

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Outlook for ag robots (2035)
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A RAPID EVOLUTION OF AG-EQUIPMENT IS EXPECTED
Source: AXEMA 2018, Economic report 2017,
based on Tractica report estimation
Available at http://www.axema.fr/AProposAxema/Documents/RE%202017_EN_25-05-2018_BD.PDF
agroequipment
robot
Expected sales (Mln $)
Self-driven tractors
Agricultural drones
Equipment management
Fertilisation, crop and
forest protection
Tillage, seeding, plantation
Animal management
Dairy management

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AgTech and other buzzwords
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THE NEW AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT FOR FARMING
Precision Farming: availability of
positioning systems and VRA*
Farming 4.0: the way beyond
machinery towards augmented
data-driven agriculture
AgTech (Agritech): growing pool of
cyber-physic interfaces
Smart Farming: help yourself,
compared to “dumb” farming?
In this section
we’ll go
through some
major
perspectives
and reports
that explored
boundaries
and relevance
of these new
topics
*VRA variable rate application

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Australian perspective
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Inquiry into agricultural innovation for the Parliament
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Agriculture_and_Industry/Agricultural_innovation/Report
Improvements in farm production
are expected to come through
better application or wider
adoption of existing
technology.
The lack of exposure to
technology hampers an informed
decision on adoption.
Agricultural innovation is a
combination of systems
requiring multi-disciplinary
training and research
Further advantages: transparency
and new business models
© Commonwealth of Australia 2016 CC BY NC ND 3.0

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Precision agriculture in EU
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The only
farming
related
innovation
that Europe
listed among
the
technologies
which could
change our
lives.
Kurrer C, Tarlton J (eds)
(2017) Ten more
technologies which
could change our lives:
in-depth analysis
http://bit.ly/Kurrer_2017
Van Woensel L, Archer G
(2015) Ten technologies
which could change our
lives: potential impacts
and policy implications.
European Commission,
Brussels
http://bit.ly/2vF5HKp
▪ Autonomous Vehicles
▪ Graphene
▪ 3D printing
▪ Massive Open Online Courses
▪ Virtual currencies (Bitcoin)
▪ Wearable technologies
▪ Drones
▪ Aquaponic systems
▪ Smart home technologies
▪ Electricity storage (hydrogen)
▪ Electric cars
▪ Intelligent urban transport systems
▪ Magnetic levitation-based transport
▪ Wood
▪ Precision agriculture
▪ Quantum technologies
▪ Radio frequency identification tags
▪ Big data and health care
▪ Organoids
▪ Genome editing

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EU perspective: future CAP
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FARMING 2.0 OR PRECISION AGRICULTURE
A whole-farm management approach
using information technology, satellite
positioning data, remote sensing and
proximal data gathering.
Goal: optimizing returns on inputs
whilst potentially reducing
environmental impacts
Source https://web.archive.org/web/20190602002741/https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/future-cap-whats-cooking-next-cap_en
Img credit https://web.archive.org/web/20190622113445/https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fisheries/key_policies/documents/factsheet-future-cap-v_2017_en.pdf
SATELLITES
ROBOTS
SENSORS
DRONES
“ The future Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) will
be much more focused on …
helping especially small and
medium-sized farms to join
the digital farming revolution.”

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European perspective /1
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THE POSITION OF FARMERS AND COOPERATIVES
Need for increasing range of
knowledge to master multiple
emerging solutions
Call to facilitate technological
uptake through training and
advisory services.
Believe in farmer-led agri-tech
revolution and the role of
cooperatives for driving the digital
transformation of the sector.
about smart/precision farming
Source https://web.archive.org/web/20190619235612/https://wefarm4.eu/

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AG-MACHINERY MANUFACTURER POSITION PAPER
Data is pointed out as a technology
enabler, to improve production
processes and decision support
Smart agriculture technologies and
equipment, such as guidance and
positioning, sensing and control
(VRA*), telematics and data
management, are expected to support
sustainable agriculture
European policy is called as major
player to leverage the adoption of
these AgTech by farms of all size with
dedicated measures and incentives
Sources: https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.cema-agri.org/position-papers/254-digital-farming-what-does-it-really-mean |
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.cema-agri.org/publication/position-papers/141-cap-position-smart-agriculture-for-all-farms-4 *VRA variable rate application

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Machine to machine
communication and data
collection will improve design
optimisation, machinery
settings and performances
Training programs are
expected to be updated
Academy (research and
education) is called to provide
references and ideas for new
business models
Digital data
is the glue
across
agfood chain
Data portals
Infrastructures
Interface standards
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190925212035/https://www.climmar.com/activities/climmar-position-papers
DEALERS POSITION PAPER ON SMART FARMING

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AgTech overview in summary
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NEW PLAYERS CREATES INTERFACES AND OPPORTUNITIES /1
society farmers
manufacturers
reducing pressure
on environmental
resources
safe food
for a growing population
dealers
agri-equipment

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NEW PLAYERS CREATES INTERFACES AND OPPORTUNITIES /2
society farmers
manufacturers
new players
(outcomers)
reducing pressure
on environmental
ressources
safe food
for a growing population
new farmers’
generations
in the upcoming
few years
real-time data
high-precision positioning
more complex
Decision
Support
Systems
new farming models
(data augmented and
individual driven)
performance monitoring
improve traceability
Needfornewskills,references,knowledge
AGTECH
dealers
agri-equipment

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2 – Actors of the French
AgTech
New intermediate players are emerging in
addition to the traditional ones
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French Ag sector
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3RD FOR MACHINERY, 1ST FOR PRODUCTION
Source: AXEMA 2019, Economic report 2018
http://www.axema.fr/EspacePresse/Lists/Publications/Rapport%20%C3%A9conomique_2018_EN_BD.pdf

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French Ag sector
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3RD FOR MACHINERY, 1ST FOR PRODUCTION
Source: AXEMA 2019, Economic report 2018
http://www.axema.fr/EspacePresse/Lists/Publications/Rapport%20%C3%A9conomique_2018_EN_BD.pdf
The agricultural sector
and the machinery
manufacturers would
benefit from a
stronger interface
Agronomy
should support
ag-machinery design

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French institutional perspective
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Bournigal J-M (2014)
Définir ensemble le futur du
secteur des
agroéquipements
http://bit.ly/Bournigal_2014
Bournigal J-M, Houiller F,
Lecouvey P, Pringuet P
(2015) Agriculture –
Innovations 2025 : 30
projets pour une agriculture
compétitive & respectueuse
de l’environnement.
MinAgri, Paris (FRA)
http://bit.ly/Bournigal_2015
https://www.fira-agtech.com
A national accelerator
program to intensify the
conception, validation, and
dissemination of tomorrow’s
robots for agriculture
FIRA's an annual forum that
aims to create a community
that brings change through
agricultural innovation.
http://bit.ly/2wdytBc
Developing
tomorrow’s agriculture
implies co-design
agricultural robotics
and digital agriculture
Robotics is
expected to involve
precise, effective
and safe equipment
through research,
system innovation
and tests

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A French farmers’ perspective
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(SOMEWHAT EXTREME) POSITION PAPER ON AGTECH
Source:
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.latelierpaysan.org/PLAIDO
YER-InPACT-Pour-une-souverainete-technologique-des-paysans
Plea for a technological sovereignty
promoted by a group of farmers “engagés”
(committed).
Techno-centered innovation implies
investments that could led to an agtech divide
and a loss of autonomy due to the increasing
complexity of machinery settings.
Call for understanding the farmers’ learning
process to master agtech, so as to keep
technologies as tool serving agricultural and
agronomic knowledge
Promotion of networking and “living lab”
initiative to foster knowledge exchange

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Higher education institutes
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AGTECH PROGRAMS
Ritz, S., Rizzo, D., Fourati,
F., Dantan, J., Combaud, A.,
Dubois, M., 2019. Training in
agricultural technologies: a
new prerequisite for smart
farming, in: Sustainable
Agriculture : An Opportunity
for Innovation in Machinery
and Systems. Presented at
the 3rd Rendez-Vous
Techniques AXEMA,
AXEMA - EurAgEng,
Villepinte (FRA), p. 11.
http://bit.ly/2luMRUC

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Industry & academia
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Rizzo D, Dubois M,
Combaud A (2018)
Innovation des
agroéquipements :
au carrefour entre
agriculteurs,
industriels et
formation. Beauvais,
FRA,
http://bit.ly/2G5dPu9

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An Agritech Innovation Cluster
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The Beauvaisis agglomeration community, placed in the Hauts-de-
France (the French region with the highest UAA* ratio) promoted the
creation of a cluster for agritech innovation and digital agriculture.
It involves a tractor manufacturer, a software producer, a technical
institute for mechanics and two new players within academia.
© Davide Rizzo, AgriLab® 2018 CC BY-NC-SA
Rizzo D, Fourati F, Ceapraz L, et al (in preparation) Identifying the actors’ interactions within an agricultural innovation system towards sustainability.
The case of a French cluster for agritech innovation. In: International workshop on System Innovation towards Sustainable Agriculture. Riga, Latvia
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327051788_Identifying_the_actors'_interactions_within_an_agricultural_innovation_system_towards_sustainability_The_case_of_a_French_c
luster_for_agritech_innovation
AgriLab® open innovation platform
* UAA Utilised Agricultural Area

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An industry-education interface
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Agricultural Machinery and New Technologies
The Chair is backed by UniLaSalle with the financial
support from the Michelin Corporate Foundation, AGCO
Massey-Ferguson, Kuhn, the Hauts-de-France Regional
Council and the European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF).
Academic research and education team
adressing the innovation of agricultural
equipment and technologies
Enabling students, farmers and
equipment manufacturers and dealers
to master the disruptive
transformation of the agricultural
machinery and the opportunities
provided by new technologies.
Rizzo D, Dubois M, Combaud A (2018) Innovation des agroéquipements :
au carrefour entre agriculteurs, industriels et formation. Beauvais, FRA,
http://bit.ly/2G5dPu9

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3 – (re)Framing AgTech
Players
Proposal for a framework to adress
training challenges
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Understand to trust
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CALLING FOR GREATER INCLUSION AND TRANSPARENCY
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/commissioners/2014-2019/vestager/announcements/clearing-path-innovation_en
https://goo.gl/images/v31SZD
Margrethe Vestager,
European Commissioner for Competition
Web Summit, Lisbon, 7 November 2017
« … more and more, we’re being asked
to put our trust not just in other people,
but in computers and algorithms.
Algorithms most of us don't fully
understand. … The biggest challenge
to the future of innovation … it's whether
that new technology can succeed in
winning the public’s trust. »

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Learning by doing (to master again)
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Do It Yourself: behaviors where
"individuals engage raw and semi-raw
materials and component parts to produce,
transform, or reconstruct material
possessions”1
FabLab: outreach project from MIT's
Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), and
became into a collaborative and global
network of 1100 Fabrication Laboratories
Open Source Ecology: developing a set of
open source blueprints for the Global
Village Construction Set². Inspiring source
for the French Atelier Paysan
1 Wikipedia contributors, "Do it yourself," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Do_it_yourself&oldid=831737917(accessed
1/4/18). ² https://www.opensourceecology.org/about-overview/
©AtelierPaysan,CCBY-NC-SA

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Multiple AKIS projects
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PROMOTING INFORMED DECISIONS THROUGH LEARNING
“So you know that agtech is
the next big thing but do you
know how to use it? Can you
even access it?”
FarmDemo is a close collaboration of 3
European projects funded under Horizon 2020.
They all focus on farm demonstration and aim to
enhance peer-to-peer learning.
Peer to peer learning and networking as glue
for boosting innovation and providing value to
AKIS (Ag Knowledge Information System)
Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20190320165051/https://smartfarmhub.education/ || https://web.archive.org/save/https://trainingkit.farmdemo.eu/demo-design-guide/
Australian caseEuropean case
New intermediate players are identified to create and manage demo
and needing specific training (training the trainers)

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AgTech demo/training network
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https://4d4f.eu/http://www.handsfreehectare.com
https://www.agreenculture.net/challenge-centeol-2018
http://bit.ly/2PgceU1
Network of
8 agtech
innovative
farms
http://bit.ly/2KXx0od

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AgTech and AKIS* in France
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CREATING REFERENCES FROM FARMER TO FARMER
Sources : https://web.archive.org/web/20180621155442/https://hautsdefrance.chambres-agriculture.fr/recherche-innovations/ferme-30/objectifs-et-projets/ |
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.fermesleader.com/living-lab-a-ciel-ouvert/
Ferme means farm.
Public institutions and cooperatives
are identifying or promoting early
agtech adopters to understand
mastery conditions and agronomic
and economic relevance directly
from the farmers.
The key is to accelerate the creation
of applied knowledge to support
informed decisions about agtech
*AKIS: Agrigultural Knowledge Information System

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(re)Framing AgTech Players
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SERVICE VS KNOWLEDGE?

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THE WIDER PICTURE
New
technologies
and solution from
outsiders
highlight the split
between
services,
infrastructure,
and objects
New skills are
required to master
agtech, thus opening
opportunities for
knowledge system
and advisory service
(e.g. indipendent and
demo trainers)
*
*
Dealers and distribution
play a crucial role in
coupling agtech and
knowledge to master it
*

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–– Take home message
Education <=> innovation <=> training
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From education to innovation
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STRENGHTENING CREATION OF APPLIED KNOWLEDGE
© Davide Rizzo, 2018 CC BY-NC-SA
Mastering agtech solutions,
currently emerging and for the most
exogenous to the agricultural
sector, can benefit from:
>> engaging students and farmers in a
problem-oriented and project-based
learning
>> practitioner approach to contribute
with solution better suited for famers
>> promoting and training for peer to peer
knowledge exchange for farmers
>> emergence of new business models
©CCBYD.Rizzo,SIA2018©CCBYNCD.Rizzo,Bootcamp2017

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SUPPORTING ADOPTION AND DEPLOYMENT OF AGTECH
©S.Ritz2019©S.Ritz2019
The renewal of the farmers
population on top of the availability
of embedded and connected sensors
and advanced technologies open the
way and need for:
>> New farming systems and models
whose design switches the focus from
crop/breeding to agrosystem characteristics
>> Data augmented agriculture and
agronomy based on farmers knowledge
>> Co-design of agtech at the junction
between life sciences and engineering

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New Intermediate Players
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AND VALUE OF AGTECH MASTERY KNOWLEDGE
AgTech are
promising to solve
sustainability issues
of agriculture, but
new skills are
required to embed
them into the
evolving farming
models and systems.
Who will define this
new knowledge and
its value?
©CCBYRizzoD2019,InnovAgri,Ormes

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Thank you! What are your questions?
©CCBYRizzoD2019,Rob’Olympiades,Poitiers
name.surname[at]unilasalle.fr @pievarinowww.unilasalle.fr

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Acknowledgements. This work has been supported by Chair in Agricultural Machinery and New
Technologies, backed by UniLaSalle with the financial support from the Michelin Corporate Foundation,
AGCO Massey-Ferguson, Kuhn, the Hauts-de-France Regional Council and the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF). The invited keynote was supported by the Lithuanian Science Council that
financed the costs for speaker’s travel and stay in Lithuania.
Author contribution. All the authors conceptualized the framework and the research challenges. DR
curated the document selection and analyses. DR wrote and edited the abstract, revised by all the
authors. DR designed and prepared the slideshow, revised by SR.
Suggested citation: Rizzo D, Ritz S, Combaud A (2019) Mastering Agritech Again: Could the Training
of Intermediate Players Ease the Deployment of Precision Agriculture?. In [Editors] Proceedings of the
9th International Scientific Conference Rural Development, Kaunas (Lithuania).
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