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Since 2018, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences together with the Food Processing Initiative e.V. are German partners in the European smart Sensors 4 agri-food network.
The Thematic Smart Specialisation Partnership ‘Smart Sensors 4 agri – food’ was launched in 2018 to contribute to the development and roll-out of Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) in the involved regions in a way that the agri-food sector evolves into an interconnected, sustainable, resilient, and smart ecosystem built upon competitive food processing companies that embrace the principles of Industry 5.0 and environmental sustainability.
Currently, SS4AF connects 20+ partners (clusters, RTO’s, regional authorities, …) across 40+ NUTS2 regions in 9 EU countries. SS4AF fosters collaboration between agri-food clusters, tech providers, and stakeholders to drive digital innovation in food processing SME’s, bringing together concrete challenges and digital solutions in one ecosystem. We connect competences, share knowledge and foster green and digital transformation in food processing SME’s towards an interconnected, sustainable, resilient and smart agri-food system in Europe.
Our goals:
- FACILITATING a sustainable, resilient, and smart agri-food systemin Europe
- CONNECTING competences across sectors and regions
- DEVELOPING and implementing solutions
- SHARING knowledge and visions
- FOSTERING green and digital transformation in food processing SMEs
With SS4AF, we strongly focus on the food processing industry and in particular the SMEs´ perspective. Their needs and challenges form the basis for the strategy of the partnership. To facilitate and enable the implementation of digital technologies that can provide solutions to the concrete needs and challenges of the food processing industry, other stakeholders play a crucial role, in particular the technical companies (machine manufacturers, digital solution providers).
Visit https://ss4af.com/ for further information
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