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Spade Project

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

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SPADE Open Call #2: Funding Opportunity for Innovators in Agriculture, Forestry, and Livestock SPADE is excited to announce Open Call #2, inviting …

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SPADE is advancing drone technology for agriculture, forestry, and livestock management through Open Call #2. We invite innovators to develop groundbreaking solutions …

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Unique perspective of an Aerial Sprayer Airplane flying low over a farmer’s field applying pesticides on the crops.
Unique perspective of an Aerial Sprayer Airplane flying low over a farmer’s field applying pesticides on the crops.

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.

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Structure

PROJECT LIFETIME

10%

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

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Forestry pilot

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

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Cropping Pilot

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

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Livestock pilot

Pilot on the Greek island Lesvos that aims to promote and improve different breeding via grazing & health monitoring

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