Precise, Global Temperature Data for a Growing Planetbroad
HiVE · Horizon Europe grant · 2022-12-01–2025-07-31
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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
Food security is an urgent global challenge. To feed a population of 10bn by 2050, we must produce 50% more food despite water scarcity, loss of arable land, & climate change. Lack of water (water stress) severely reduces crop yields. The inability to measure water stress accurately leads to unpredictable and low-yielding harvests, impacting the entire food supply chain from farm viability to food prices. Current crop health data is not fit for purpose, leading to ineffective irrigation consuming 70% of global freshwater. ConstellR will provide the first high-precision temperature data at field level, daily & globally from a uniquely scalable constellation of microsatellites (HiVE), enabling water stress detection in time to prevent yield loss. The EIC project will develop & launch an MVP constellation, generating the data required to increase global food production by up to 4%, reduce agricultural water waste by up to 180 gigatons, & avoid up to 94M tons of CO2 emissions.
Beneficiaries (2)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONSTELLR GMBH | DE | coordinator | €2,454,397 | Yes |
| CONSTELLR SA | BE | thirdParty | €0 | Yes |
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