
Spade Project
Multi-purpose physical-cyber agri-forest drones ecosystem for governance and environmental observation



About
Spade
SPADE is a project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme, with 21 partners from 10 European countries.
This project started on September 2022 and will last 4 years. It is coordinated by Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH).
Mission
To develop an intelligent ecosystem to address the multiple purposes concept in the light of deploying unmanned aerial vehicles to promote sustainable digital services for the benefit of a large scope of end users in sectors of crop production, forestry, and livestock.
PROJECT LIFETIME
Start Date
1 September 2022
End Date
31 August 2026
Funded under
Horizon Europe
Overall budget
5.8 M€
Coordination
CERTH, Greece
Project Call
HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01

Forestry pilot
A case study in Southern Norway with 3 pilots in forestry inventory, forest harvest and other forest operations

Cropping Pilot
The open-field case study in Spain of potato crops and terraced crops use cases

Livestock pilot
Pilot on the Greek island Lesvos that aims to promote and improve different breeding via grazing & health monitoring
NEWS & EVENTS
SPADE project coordinator Prof. Dionysis Bochtis and Dr. Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, together with Dr. Dimitrios Kateris are guest-editing a Special Issue on …
After a development period, SPADE’s inaugural drone flight was carried out with success. This important occasion for SPADE took place in the …
On June 14th 2023 the headquarters of the Agri-food Cooperatives of the Balearic Islands hosted a Digitalisation Day and Matchmaking Event that …




















