Autonomous Indoor Farmingbroad
AUTOFARM · Horizon Europe grant · 2023-01-01–2024-12-31
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF · topic HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOROPEN-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
AUTOFARM brings a disruptive and novel automated way of operating greenhouses to the market, applying a revolutionary new growing system that unlocks plant mobility for optimal use of robotisation and artificial intelligence. World-wide the high-tech indoor farm sector is expanding from 60k hectares to 80k in 2025. This growth is triggered by the societal need for climate resilient food production, the fast growing market demand for fresh food and the economic need for greater resource use efficiency. To enable this growth, many high-tech indoor farming processes have been standardised and optimised, but the automation of labour availability and crop management is lagging behind.SAIA introduces through AUTOFARM a paradigm shift towards a food factory of the future where 50% of the labour is automated and crop management is supported by data mining and artificial intelligence. SAIA’s novel plant system enables year-round steady production which allows for 30% more yield.
Beneficiaries (2)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAIA AGROBOTICS BV DFM profile | NL | coordinator | €2,500,000 | Yes |
| SAIA Holding B.V. | NL | thirdParty | €0 | Yes |
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