Geospatial solutions for precision agriculture

AgriWatch is an R&D company (Accredited by the Dutch government). This allows us to provide high-quality R&D consulting services and to hire international researchers. At AgriWatch, one of our core mandates is to advise specialised SMEs, agricultural contractors, advisors, and farmers by using Geospatial Knowledge in Agriculture under new climate conditions such as drought.

  • PA solutions such as the creation of Management Zones (MZ) for Variable Rate Application Map

  • AgriWatch offers geospatial services for smart farming with an emphasis on the effects of climate change resulting in drought conditions

  • The first developed WiFi Coaxial Spectrometer and RGB Camera in the World

  • The first developed Coaxial Spectrometer and RGB Camera in the World suitable for lab and Ground-based spectrometry

Capacity Building

 
 

#MaizeVarieties, #Drought-StressedMaize, #RainwaterHarvesting

In the context of the Drought Monitoring project, the AgriWatch team conducted a Field visit on 27 July 2022 including drone data acquisition in one of our research areas in the Netherlands. From 16 June 2022, there is no cloud-free Sentinel-2 nor Very High-Resolution satellite data available for Drought Monitoring in the study area.

EU Erasmus+ AgroTec project Kick-off Event!

AgroTec is one of the 58 VET projects that received EU Erasmus+ 2022 funding, a consortium of 8 Partners from the Netherlands (AgriWatch as the project coordinator), Germany, Slovakia, Jordan and Palestine.

February, 19th – 20th, 2023 was the 2-day wonderful kick-off meeting in Amman, Jordan.

Our fresh AgroTec project on

Capacity building in the field of Vocational Education and Training (CB VET)

under the Erasmus+ Programme

We are pleased to announce that we will kick off the AgroTec project on 19 to 20 February 2023 in Amman. This special occasion will mark the start of the AgroTec project and is a first encounter with all the members of the consortium from Jordan, Palestine, Slovakia, Germany and the Netherlands.

Title: AgroTechnology VET Centres to Network and Train Future Farmers in Jordan and Palestine (AgroTec)

Consortium:

  • Coordinator: AgriWatch BV (the Netherlands)

  • Partners: The University of Jordan, Mutah University (Jordan), National University College of Technology (Jordan), Palestine Technical University Kadoorie, Palestine Polytechnic University, the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Int@E UG (Germany)

Duration: 36 months

Start Date: 01 Jan 2023

Summary: The AgroTec project has received funding from the European Union’s Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the field of Vocational Education and Training programme. The main goal of the project is to establish a network of 5 agro-technological centres in 5 Universities in Jordan and Palestine and develop practical and innovative VET courses. The curricula will be developed and the students will be acquainted with the new developments requiring new skills, not addressed in traditional curricula. The consortium is composed of 6 Universities and 2 business partners. The AgroTec centres will promote cooperation between companies and VET institutions as well as create links between all stakeholders of the Agri-Food value chain. These centres will also assist in promoting smart tools for enriching data through IoT sensor networks for soil-crop monitoring, processing, marketing and quality control.

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