Smart Farming data and IoT in Support of Agricultural Policy Monitoring

Building a “Common European Agricultural Data Space” lies among the high priorities of the European Commission for the agriculture sector following the directives of the recent European Strategy for Data. The aim is to create a single market for data, where data can flow within the EU and across sectors, for the benefit of all. Several authorities and approaches are in place for monitoring public and/or private agri-data and address the challenges of managing large-scale data infrastructures. However, what is missing is sufficient tools, models, and policies that would allow the seamless, transparent, and secure interoperation of existing agri-data infrastructures and platforms, which unfortunately remain isolated. While some attempts have been made to encourage interoperability, there are still major challenges to be addressed, both at technological and operational/business levels. On the technology side, one of the main barriers is due to the wide and heterogeneous landscape currently in place and the lack of dominant standardized solutions. This paper aims to present the main objectives and concepts of the DIVINE project, focusing on the mechanisms it provides for enabling agriculture policies monitoring based on smart farming data sharing and analytics, as well as adoption of various Internet of Things technologies.