Nov 21, 2025

EP Agriculture of Data published first Call: "EU-wide data-driven solutions to real problems"

The aim of the EU Partnership Agriculture of Data (AgData) is to “enhance climate, environmental and socio-economic sustainability and productivity of agriculture, and increase the capacity for policy monitoring and evaluation through exploiting the potential offered by Earth Observation (EO), other environmental and agricultural data, and using newly developed digital & data technologies in Europe to support the parallel digital and green transitions, with emphasis on utilising the umbrella effect”, consolidating and linking the efforts of existing initiatives.

The 1st call of the Agriculture of Data Partnership, EU-wide data-driven solutions to real problems, welcomes the submission of proposal responding to one of the following topics:

Call topics:

Topic 1: Data technologies and data management focused on identification, access, storage, integration and processing of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data, tackling the diversity of relevant data to achieve i) interoperability, ii) data sharing in data marketplaces and data cooperatives and iii) enable application of AI techniques to develop robust AI models for the sector.

Topic 2: Data-based solutions for sustainable agriculture intended to strengthen capacities to adapt to climate change, enhancing functionality, performance assessment and decision making.

Topic 3: Data-based solutions for policy-making to provide reliable indicators that reflect effects of policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and development of tools to strengthen policy performance assessment, by means of data gathering and analytical capabilities. The current national assessment approach will be improved by an EU approach. Benefits for end users like the reduction of administrative burden and support to their own decision-making tools should be explored.

Furthermore, projects are expected to embed Use Cases in their proposed work for implementing the Core Research & Innovation Activities of the SRIA and for developing real-life applications for agriculture. Proposals should further follow a multiactor- and user-centric approach. Therefore, involvement/association of representatives of the targeted end-user groups and intermediaries, including farmers, advisors, and the administration as well as machinery providers should be considered.

Timeline and eligibility criteria:

Funding for Universities by BLE (only Topic 1) and BMFTR (Topic 1 and 2)
BMFTR does not fund livestock/animal breeding or husbandry
21^th January 2026 – short-proposal submission
21^th July 2026 –full-proposal submission
min 3 partner from 3 participating countries

Participating countries:

Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Türkiye