Smart Farm 4.0: a national project for the development of smart solutions in agriculture

The project “Smart Farm 4.0: soluções inteligentes para uma agricultura sustentável, preditiva e autónoma” results from a collaborative effort between 16 partners to leverage the transfer to the market of new solutions that aim to optimize the use of resources, sustainability and resilience of agricultural systems and their profitability and added value.

This project, co-financed by the FEEI, through the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Programme and the Lisbon Regional Operational Programme, intends to contribute in a decisive way for the transition and democratization of a smart agriculture, more sustainable, predictive and autonomous, in order to maximize the added value of national products of horticulture, fruit growing and viticulture, with emphasis on the western region of Portugal. In practice these entities intend to design and develop innovative and accessible solutions based on industry 4.0 (internet of things - IoT, artificial intelligence, big data, cyber-physical systems, autonomous robots) for the application to the agricultural sector.

Led by Tomix and coordinated by Smart Farm Colab, the consortium includes universities, a State laboratory, technological innovation and development entities and agricultural production entities. The entities that make up this consortium are:

• Tomix – Indústria de Equipamentos Agrícolas e Industriais

• Smart Farm Colab – Laboratório Colaborativo para a Inovação Digital na Agricultura

• Adega Cooperativa de São Mamede da Ventosa

• Impactwave

• SGS Portugal – Sociedade Geral de Superintendência

• Flowake

• Associação para a Valorização Agrária – AVA

• Universidade Nova de Lisboa

• Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária

• Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

• Centro Operativo e Tecnológico Hortofrutícola Nacional (COTHN)

• Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

• ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

• Quinta do Pinto – Sociedade Comercial e Agrícola

• Luís Vicente

• INESC TEC – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência

Coordinator of the sub-project PPS1: Cristina Máguas

Membres of the project: Anabela Bernardes da Silva, Ana Reis, Ana Tenreiro, Andreia Figueiredo, Célia Miguel, Cristina Cruz, Cristina Máguas, Helena Trindade, Jorge Maia Alves, Jorge Silva, Lélia Chambel​, Luís Carvalho, Luis Catarino, Margarida Fortes, Octávio Paulo, Patrícia Correia, Ricardo Dias, Rogério Tenreiro, Rui Malhó, Rute Amaro, Sara Magalhães.