Data Cubes and Copernicus Earth Observation data for Food Security and European Independence
Nostradamus project, recently EU-funded under the coordination of the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence and in collaboration with 15 partners across Europe, aims to transform the agricultural sector, and beyond, through informed decision-making and policy shaping. Aligned with the Farm to Fork strategy, the Common Agricultural Policy, and the European Strategy for Data, the project will design, develop, and evaluate a scalable and robust platform for the online and real-time harvesting of valuable information from diverse data sources to support various agricultural applications. By leveraging European and national multidimensional datasets, Nostradamus will establish an automated pipeline for data acquisition, storage, and pre-processing. Five Data Cubes will integrate satellite datasets and employ near-real-time server-side algorithms for time-series analysis and the generation of value-added geospatial maps. To enhance the sustainability performance and competitiveness of the agricultural sector through a multi-actor approach, Nostradamus will develop multiple open-source digital applications for farmers. These applications will utilize both edge and cloud solutions, as well as hybrid combinations, harnessing the potential of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and Earth Observation data, ensuring the effective exploitation of such applications even in areas with weak connectivity.
Consortium:
- ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
- DLR
- TERRADUE
- AG.Futura Technologies
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
- BioSense Insitute
- ITC
- F6S
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- CROPT
- Agriculture Research Institute
- Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica Slovenije
- DLG
- University of St. Gallen
- University of Geneva
- Agroscope
Acknowledgements:
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Grant Agreement 101134888 Nostradamus HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01.
