A set of key determinants of adoption and perception of DATS including values, motivations and knowledge of DATS for agriculture as well as an overview of why, when, how and who adopt DATS. Data will be collected from farmers, advisors and policy stakeholders.
For: Policy makers and regulators, and public/private advisors.
Impact: Decision support tool for strengthening capacity building around DATS and policy building to facilitate their uptake.
Governance mechanisms for the comprehensive and independent assessment of costs, benefits, and sustainability gains (economic, environmental, social) of DATS (>30) tested under real-life conditions.
For: Farmers, cooperatives, farm advisors and extension service providers, private advisors, CAP management authorities
Impact: Evidence-based decision support tool for selecting and using the most suitable set of DATS at the farm level or for individual production steps.
A set of decision support tools, including a recommender system, cost-benefit calculators, and a benchmarking tool derived from testing and validation of DATS and their costs, benefits and sustainability on site over 3 growing seasons
For: Farmers, cooperatives, advisors, certification bodies, DIHs, DATS providers, regulators, policy makers
Impact: A flexible, evidence based decision support tool for adopting, benchmarking, compliance checking, monitoring DATS
Comprehensive training program including EU -wide training workshops, national webinars, and demo events to broaden understanding of DATS- their potential benefits, costs, impacts.
For: Advisors, agricultural training providers, researchers and farmer organisations, DIHs
Impact: Strengthen the capacity of advisors to provide Innovative advisory services on DATS to farmers and in turn make the best selection and use of DATS
A customizable tool for assessing the impacts of DATS on sustainability as well as for monitoring and evaluating policies and interventions at the farm, regional and national level
For: Regulators and policy makers, CAP governing bodies, accredited certification bodies
Impact: Policy monitoring support using the most relevant EU and in-situ parcel data, and regional sustainability indicators
