The sixth plenary meeting took place in the vicinity of the city of Izmir, at the International Agricultural Research and Training Center (UTAEM/IARTC).

All FATIMA partners were present providing insight and participating in fruitful discussions on the sustainability and continuity of the FATIMA project outputs. Relevant technical and non-technical presentations took place showcasing the progress that was achieved during the project implementation.
Discussions and final steps regarding dissemination and business exploitation were performed.

All partners contributed with interesting presentations and the Road-map for the post project exploitation, of the results was further defined.

A number of engagement and showcasing events have been decided to be implemented within the next months.

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The fifth plenary meeting took place in the vicinity of the city of Prague, followed by field visits in the Czech and Austrian FATIMA pilot areas. All FATIMA partners were present providing insight and participating in fruitful discussions on the sustainability and continuity of the FATIMA project outputs. Relevant technical and non-technical presentations took place showcasing the progress of the project.  Discussions and next steps regarding dissemination and business exploitation were performed.

All partners contributed with interesting presentations and the Roadmap for the Future: FATIMA Excellence In Action was further defined.

A number of engagement and showcasing events have been decided to be implemented within the next months.

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The 4th FATIMA Greek Regional Meeting took place on June 20th, 2017 in the vicinity of the city of Athens-Greece.

RedCoast, Goulandris Natural History Museum, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Agricultural University of Athens, Sigma Geotechnologie and Draxis met to discuss and have an overview of the Greek pilots achievements and positive results (presentation of field experiments, data evaluation etc.), as well as to organize the next round of 2017 experiments.

Also during the meeting, special focus was given on actions that will lead in higher project awareness and further encourage farmers involvement.

Organizational aspects of the next FATIMA Greek Regional Meeting were also discussed.

The forth plenary meeting took place in the vicinity of the city of Larissa, Greece 7-10 March 2017. All the FATIMA partners were present. Relevant technical and non-technical issues have been discussed as well as dissemination and business aspects. All partners contributed with interesting presentations.

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The FATIMA Project successfully participated in the 1st Conference of National Rural Network 2014-2020, entitled  “Networking to foster innovation in rural areas”  , that took place in  Athens-Greece on November 21st, 2016.

The event was attended by more than 230 delegates and was a resounding success acting as a positive enabler for Industry, Commercial Chambers, Research Institutes, Environmental Organizations, Universities, European Commission, Farmers  and many others to come together and present strategic perspectives and achievements in rural research and innovation.

FATIMA project participated at this event with an extensive presentation made by the project partner ELGO.

It is worth mentioning that FATIMA project received a significant interest by the participants, highlighting once more the significant impact and contribution of the project to rural research and innovation.

You can view the presentation here.

The 3rd  FATIMA Greek Regional Meeting took place on November 14th, 2016 in the vicinity of the city of Larisa-Greece.

RedCoast, Goulandris Natural History Museum, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Agricultural University of Athens, Sigma Geotechnologie and Draxis met to discuss and have an overview of the Greek pilots achievements so far (presentation of field experiments, data evaluation etc.) as well as to organize the next round of 2017 experiments.

Also during the meeting, special focus was given on future actions that will lead in higher project awareness and further encourage farmers involvement.

Organizational aspects of the next FATIMA Plenary meeting were also discussed  and planned to take place  from 7 to 10 of March 2017,  at the Divani Hotel in the city of Larisa, .

The third plenary meeting of FATIMA project is taking place from the 27-30 of September 2016 in Rome, Italy. The host of the meeting is partner CREA. On the 27th of September FATIMA partners will meet at the premises of FAO to discuss with FAO experts how to intensify food production while minimizing the impact on the environment. The 28th and 29th of September are dedicated to the plenary meeting and the review process while the 30th of September is dedicated to a field visit to the Italian pilot site in Tarquinia. During pilot visit, meetings will take place with the Director of Water Users Association and local organic farmers. Visit our social media accounts for keeping up with the latest FATIMA meeting news!

The VRT system, developed by partners RedCoast, Goulandris Natural History Museum and ELGO Dimitra has been redesigned so that the VRT system to be independent of the hydraulic system of the tractor. Now the machine sits on a cart and takes power from the power-take-off of the tractor which means that it can be used by any tractor, old or new. VRT application on cotton has been a success a few weeks ago. The machine can apply VRT and change to uniform application with one switch without stopping.

The 3rd round of FATIMA regional meetings will take place in all pilot countries during May and June 2016.

During the meetings the following topics will be elaborated:

• Status of the campaign and webGIS prototype
• Evaluation plan of the first set of services/products
• Explanation of the purpose of the Socio-Economic Assessment (SEA)
• Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus implementation in pilot areas
• Visioning exercise at regional level

More details on specific dates and place will follow.

The second plenary meeting took place in the vicinity of the city of Avignon, France 2-4 March 2016. All the FATIMA partners were present. Relevant technical and non-technical issues have been discussed as well as dissemination and business aspects. All partners contributed with interesting presentations. After the meeting a set of important action to be taken have been discussed among partners.