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CODECS has ecei ed unding om he Eu opean Union’s Ho izon Eu ope esea ch and inno a ion
P og amme unde G an Ag eemen n. 101060179. Views and opinions exp essed a e hose o he au ho (s)
only and do no necessa ily e lec hose o he Eu opean Union o he Eu opean Resea ch Execu i e
Agency (REA). Nei he he Eu opean Union no he g an ing au ho i y can be held esponsible o hem.
On 25 June 2025, he Eu opean Associa ion o Inno a ion in Local
De elopmen (AEIDL) o ganised he second CODECS Science-Policy
Wo kshop on “The Digi al T ansi ion: Policy Pa hways o Sus ainable
Ag icul u e.” Held unde he umb ella o he CODECS Knowledge
Accele a o , he e en b ough oge he a ound 95 s akeholde s o e lec
on how digi alisa ion is ans o ming ag icul u e, om go e nance sys ems
and powe dynamics o e e yday a ming p ac ices.
Opening he session, Se a in Pazos Vidal (Senio Expe a AEIDL)
explained ha he webina aimed o c ea e a space o c oss-p ojec
dialogue be ween he CODECS and BEATLES ini ia i es, bo h o which
a e app oaching he inal yea o implemen a ion. While CODECS ocuses
on he sus ainabili y o digi alisa ion in ag icul u e, BEATLES examines
ansi ions owa ds clima e-sma ag icul u e. By b inging oge he hese
wo pe spec i es, he e en sough o explo e common challenges,
highligh policy gaps, and compa e he enabling en i onmen s o digi al
and sus ainable ansi ions h ough CAP ac oss he EU.
25 JUNE 2025
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Ci e as: N abuhashe, M., Iglesias, M., Pazos-Vidal, S.,
(2025). CODECS Knowledge Accele a o : Cybe secu i y
in Ag icul u e: balancing isks, cos s & bene i s. Highligh s’
epo .
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Opening speech
Gianluca B uno i
Uni e si y o Pisa & CODECS Coo dina o
In his opening ema ks, P o esso Gianluca B uno i se he
s age by in oducing he co e ambi ion o he CODECS p ojec :
o examine he mul idimensional impac s o digi alisa ion in
ag icul u e, no only economic, bu also social and en i onmen al.
This comp ehensi e iew, e e ed o as sus ainable digi alisa ion,
ecognises digi alisa ion as a p o ound social ans o ma ion ha
mus align wi h b oade sus ainabili y goals.
P . B uno i challenged he popula image o digi alisa ion as a
seamless web o senso s, so wa e, and da a-d i en solu ions
e olu ionising a m ope a ions. While hese echnologies o e
g ea po en ial, he emphasised ha hey mus espond o eal
socie al needs, a he han being d i en solely by echnological
possibili ies. E ec i e digi alisa ion, he a gued, is less abou he
ools hemsel es and mo e abou ensu ing hey unc ion well
wi hin a cohe en sys em, wi h clea bene i s and equi able
access.
He poin ed o majo s uc u al changes unde way in Eu opean
ag icul u e. O e he pas wo decades, he numbe o a ms has
d opped om 15 million o 9.1 million, wi h a clea end owa d
land concen a ion and an ageing a ming popula ion. Only
12% o a m manage s a e unde 40, aising ques ions abou digi al
eadiness and gene a ional enewal.
Digi al adop ion ac oss a ms emains une en. While many
a me s may use sma phones o access basic wea he o ma ke
in o ma ion, only a mino i y a e deeply in eg a ed in o he digi al
ecosys em. P . B uno i highligh ed he di e si y o a ming
con ex s (la ge s. small, ce i ied s. non-ce i ied, connec ed o
global ma ke s s. mo e isola ed) and s essed ha digi al policies
mus be con ex ualised acco dingly. To explo e his di e si y,
CODECS has engaged wi h 20 Li ing Labs ac oss Eu ope,
cap u ing a wide spec um o digi alisa ion le els and a ming
ypes. The p ojec aims o map bo h he cos s and bene i s o
digi al solu ions ac oss hese a ied con ex s, and o iden i y wha
wo ks, and o whom.
Impo an ly, digi alisa ion mus no be limi ed o p oduc ion. Gianluca
B uno i highligh ed o he a eas wi h high po en ial o inno a ion,
such as logis ics, supply chain managemen , communica ion,
ma ke ing, and adminis a ion. Fo example, he o hcoming
compulso y Digi al Field No ebook will a ec e e y a me in he
EU, aising u gen ques ions abou eadiness and suppo .
He closed by posing se e al key policy ques ions:
• How can digi alisa ion policies add ess he di e si y o
a ming sys ems?
• How can hey a oid widening exis ing digi al di ides?
• Should we p io i ise high- ech ools o a ew, o low-cos
solu ions o many?
• How can public policies and unding mechanisms be in eg a ed
o suppo digi al ans o ma ion e ec i ely?
• And how can we measu e he e u n on public in es men
in digi al ag icul u e?
These ques ions, he no ed, a e cen al o CODECS’ ongoing
esea ch. This wo kshop was an oppo uni y o open his dialogue
mo e b oadly wi h he wide policy and esea ch communi y.
Figu e 1. Typologies o a ming.
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E angelia Mou mou a, Team Leade o Digi alisa ion a
DG AGRI, p o ided an o e iew o he EU’s e ol ing policy
landscape o ag icul u al digi alisa ion. She amed he
p esen a ion wi hin he b oade Vision o Ag icul u e and Food
2040, which iden i ies digi alisa ion as a key enable o building
a compe i i e, esilien , and sus ainable ag i- ood sec o .
Digi alisa ion, she s essed, is no simply abou deploying ools and
echnologies, i ep esen s a deepe ans o ma ion ha eshapes
a ming p ac ices, go e nance s uc u es, da a ecosys ems,
and he ole o u al communi ies. To suppo his ansi ion,
he Eu opean Commission is cu en ly de eloping an EU Digi al
S a egy o Ag icul u e, aimed a o e coming c i ical ba ie s
such as high cos s, limi ed digi al skills, agmen ed in as uc u e,
and pe sis en dis us in da a sha ing.
Two s udies a e cu en ly in o ming he de elopmen o his s a egy.
The i s is a o esigh s udy ca ied ou by he Join Resea ch
Cen e (JRC), designed o explo e he ‘Long-Te m Implica ions
o Digi alisa ion on EU Fa me s and Ru al Communi ies’.
The second is a su ey-based s udy, also conduc ed by he
JRC, which collec ed da a om o e 1,400 a me s ac oss nine
Membe S a es. P elimina y esul s show ha while basic ools
such as digi al ield eco ds and managemen so wa e a e widely
used, mo e ad anced echnologies, such as soil senso s, d ones,
and obo ic eeding sys ems, ha e much lowe adop ion a es.
Mo eo e , he s udy e ealed ha mos da a collec ion on a ms
emains pape -based o digi ised only h ough basic sp eadshee s,
wi h limi ed use o au oma ed sys ems. Da a sha ing is also
minimal, especially wi h public au ho i ies, esea che s, o inancial
ins i u ions, e lec ing an ongoing lack o us in he b oade
da a ecosys em.
Ba ie s o adop ion iden i ied by he su ey include high echnology
cos s, limi ed awa eness o a ailable solu ions, and inadequa e
digi al skills. In e es ingly, while educing ope a ional cos s emains
a d i e o adop ion, many a me s also ci ed he need o mee
egula o y and legisla i e equi emen s as a key mo i a o o
in eg a ing digi al ools in o hei ope a ions.
EU policy landscape o ag icul u al
digi alisa ion
E angelia Mou mou a
DG AGRI, Eu opean Commission
Figu e 2. Ba ie s and d i e s o adop ion.
D . Mou mou a highligh ed he cen al ole o he Common
Ag icul u al Policy (CAP) in acili a ing his digi al ansi ion. In
addi ion o p o iding inancial suppo h ough in es men measu es
and ag i-en i onmen al schemes, he CAP manda es ha Membe
S a es deli e ad iso y se ices on digi al issues and in eg a e ools
such as he Fa m Sus ainabili y Tool o nu ien managemen .
Membe S a es also ha e he op ion o design knowledge- ans e
and aining measu es o imp o e digi al compe encies among
a me s, while coope a ion-based ools such as EIP Ope a ional
G oups, LEADER, and Sma Villages u he suppo inno a ion
a he communi y le el. Howe e , she emphasised ha he CAP
does no ope a e in isola ion. O he EU unding p og ammes
(including Digi al Eu ope, Ho izon Eu ope, he Connec ing
Eu ope Facili y, and he Reco e y and Resilience Facili y) also
con ibu e o he digi al ans o ma ion, especially in a eas such as
connec i i y and in as uc u e.
Beyond inancial ins umen s, E angelia Mou mou a unde sco ed
he impo ance o he b oade legisla i e con ex . Key legal
amewo ks such as he Da a Go e nance Ac , he Da a Ac ,
and he Open Da a Di ec i e a e helping o de ine a us wo hy
and in e ope able digi al space in ag icul u e. One o he mos
p omising ini ia i es unde de elopmen is he Common Eu opean
Ag icul u al Da a Space, which aims o acili a e secu e and
alue-d i en da a sha ing ac oss he EU ag i- ood sys em. She
also poin ed o upcoming Commission s a egies, such as he AI
Con inen Ac ion Plan, he Apply AI S a egy, and he Da a Union
S a egy, ha will u he in luence how a i icial in elligence and
big da a a e in eg a ed in o he ag icul u al sec o .
D Mou mou a concluded by emphasising ha he EU’s digi al
s a egy o ag icul u e mus build on exis ing amewo ks while
ac i ely add essing agmen a ion, complexi y, and inequali y
in adop ion. An enabling policy en i onmen , g ounded in us ,
coope a ion, and a ge ed in es men , will be essen ial o
ensu ing ha digi alisa ion deli e s angible bene i s o a me s,
u al communi ies, and he wide ood sys em.
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Ma Delgado, P o esso a he Uni e si y o Có doba, p esen ed
key indings om CODECS’ ongoing esea ch in o na ional policy
en i onmen s o digi al ag icul u e. Toge he wi h An onio
Hu ado (also om he Uni e si y o Có doba), she leads he
analysis o how a ious Eu opean and non-Eu opean coun ies a e
suppo ing o hinde ing digi al ans o ma ion in a ming h ough
public policies and ins i u ional amewo ks.
The esea ch d aws on a combina ion o na ional policy sc eenings,
a e iew o pas p ojec ecommenda ions, and o e 70 in e iews
wi h policy make s, expe s, and ag icul u al s akeholde s ac oss
he 18 coun ies ha a e pa o he CODECS p ojec . A i s
d a epo was published in Ma ch 2024 and e ealed se e al
s uc u al insigh s. No ably, ecommenda ions made a decade ago
a e s ill highly ele an oday, unde sco ing a slow pace o policy
inno a ion o implemen a ion.
P . Delgado highligh ed ha coun ies can gene ally be g ouped
in o h ee ca ego ies based on digi al up ake and echnological
ma u i y. These di e ences a e shaped by ac o s such as
a o dabili y, digi al li e acy o a me s and ad iso s, and he
eadiness o suppo ing ins i u ions. C ucially, digi alisa ion in
ag icul u e ends o mi o a coun y’s b oade le el o digi al
in as uc u e and go e nance.
The indings show ha while connec i i y is imp o ing ac oss
Eu ope, i emains a challenge in emo e and moun ainous a eas.
Despi e g owing da a collec ion e o s by public and p i a e ac o s,
much o his da a is no ye le e aged o decision-making, due
o limi ed in eg a ion wi h decision suppo sys ems. The lack o
g anula (e.g., soil-le el) da a was also lagged as a ba ie .
One key insigh om he in e iews is ha a me s o en adop
digi al ools no o inno a ion, bu ou o necessi y, mainly
o comply wi h CAP equi emen s. The CAP has become a
d i e o digi alisa ion, bu he e is us a ion wi h ising complexi y
and conce ns o e inc eased bu eauc acy. Many small a me s
exp essed eluc ance o sha e da a due o mis us and ea s o
misuse.
P . Delgado s essed ha while policy amewo ks and na ional
CAP S a egic Plans a e essen ial, mo e is needed o suppo
collec i e app oaches o adop ion. Pee - o-pee lea ning and
demons a ion a ms eme ged as mo e e ec i e han adi ional
aining. Access o inance also emains limi ed, especially o
smalle o less echnologically ad anced a ms.
The s udy calls o a g ea e ocus on us , da a go e nance,
and a suppo i e policy ecosys em. Ma Delgado concluded
by emphasising ha digi alisa ion is a g adual, mul i-s age
p ocess. I canno succeed h ough public o p i a e e o s alone;
i equi es a s ong pa ne ship ac oss sec o s, ins i u ions, and
communi ies.
Key Findings on Policy En i onmen s o
Digi al Ag icul u e
Ma Delgado
Uni e si y o Co doba
Figu e 3. Digi alisa ion le els in CODECS coun ies.
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Blanca Casa es om AEIDL p esen ed insigh s om he Ho izon
Eu ope p ojec BEATLES (Beha iou al Change Towa ds Clima e-
Sma Ag icul u e), ocusing on how cu en EU policies align
wi h he ansi ion o Clima e-Sma Ag icul u e (CSA) and he
adop ion o sma a ming echnologies. He con ibu ion highligh ed
he need o a sys emic and coo dina ed policy en i onmen
ha suppo s sus ainabili y goals while add essing clima e,
en i onmen al, and p oduc i i y challenges.
In he p esen a ion, Ms. Casa es emphasised he policy ele ance
o 2024–2025, ma ked by key de elopmen s such as he Vision
o Ag icul u e and Food, CAP simpli ica ion p oposals, and
upcoming policy e o ms. She in oduced h ee AEIDL policy
documen s ha in o m his wo k, including a ecen b ie examining
how EU policies ac as d i e s o ba ie s o CSA.
BEATLES ope a es ac oss i e use cases in coun ies such as
Spain, he Ne he lands, and Li huania, each assessing i e speci ic
CSA p ac ices, anging om p ecision and o ganic a ming o
enewable ene gy and sus ainable i iga ion. Th ough analysis
o na ional CAP S a egic Plans, egula o y amewo ks, and o e
30 s akeholde in e iews, he p ojec mapped policy in e en ions
suppo ing hese p ac ices and e alua ed hei implemen a ion
ac oss pilla s I and II o he CAP. Fo ins ance, eco-schemes such
as ca bon a ming and di e si ied c op sys ems we e iden i ied
as key ins umen s unde Pilla I, wi h budge s anging om 1%
o 21% o na ional CAP alloca ions. In es men s unde Pilla II
( a ge ing a m mode nisa ion and en i onmen al commi men s)
anged om 0.1% o 12.5% ac oss he i e coun ies.
In addi ion o assessing conc e e policy ools, Ms. Casa es
discussed a b oade mapping o 23 EU policies, including he
EU Digi al S a egy, Biodi e si y S a egy, CAP, and Fa m o
Fo k S a egy, agains he h ee CSA pilla s: p oduc i i y, clima e
adap a ion, and mi iga ion. The analysis e ealed ha se e al
EU policies (e.g., CAP and Fa m o Fo k) al eady suppo all h ee
CSA goals, while o he s, such as he Ni a es Di ec i e and Wa e
F amewo k Di ec i e, play mo e a ge ed bu essen ial oles.
This exe cise unde sco ed bo h he c oss-sec o al po en ial o
exis ing amewo ks and he emaining gaps ha limi policy
cohe ence.
Blanca Casa es concluded wi h a call o a mo e uni ied ision
and s onge policy in eg a ion o mee he EU’s 2030 and
2050 clima e and sus ainabili y a ge s. She s essed he need
o simpli ying and ha monising he CAP wi hou weakening
exis ing en i onmen al sa egua ds, and o imp o ing capaci y-
building e o s a all le els, om policymake s o on- he-g ound
ad iso s. Impo an ly, she a gued ha digi alisa ion mus be
aligned wi h sus ainabili y, ocusing on a m needs a he han
echnological supply. Ini ia i es like he Common Eu opean
Ag icul u al Da a Space and Ag iDa a a e poised o suppo
his ansi ion by enabling be e inpu use, e iciency, and clima e
esponsi eness.
He p esen a ion ein o ced a cen al heme o he wo kshop: ha
digi al and clima e-sma ansi ions mus be app oached
oge he , h ough cohe en , inclusi e, and a m-cen ic policy
amewo ks.
EU Policy alignmen o he ansi ion o
clima e-sma ag icul u e and sma a ming
Blanca Casa es
Eu opean Associa ion o Inno a ion in Local De elopmen
(AEIDL)
Figu e 4. O e iew iming EU policies.
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The wo kshop on “Policy en i onmen o digi al ag icul u e” p ima ily discussed he challenges and oppo uni ies in ad ancing digi al
ans o ma ion wi hin EU ag icul u e, pa icula ly in ela ion o he CAP. A signi ican sys emic ba ie iden i ied is ha many EU coun ies
wi h a e age digi al pe o mance s uggle o e ec i ely implemen ag icul u al digi alisa ion p ojec s, e en when policies a e in place. This
poin s o a deepe issue o lack o digi alisa ion policies in eg a ion and a gene al eeling ha echnology o en does no ma ch he
speci ic needs o a me s, o is buil om a pe spec i e ha o e looks a me s as po en ial echnology use s.
Pa icipan s acknowledged he slow a me adop ion o digi al echnologies, p ima ily due o se e al in e wined ac o s. Fa me s,
especially he a e age a me who is 57 yea s old in he EU, o en lack he ime, skills, and esou ces o engage wi h sma applica ions
o asks like e ilising o wa e ing. While cheape echnologies like apps see highe adop ion, he high cos s associa ed wi h c op and
li es ock echnologies signi ican ly impede digi alisa ion, pa icula ly o small a ms. Fu he mo e, a c i ical ba ie is he insu icien
ole o CAP ad iso s, as hey equen ly lack he necessa y aining on digi al ools and echnologies, which echoes he ea lie poin
abou ad iso s needing deepe knowledge. This also con ibu es o a gene al lack o knowledge and us among a me s ega ding digi al
solu ions.
The discussions also highligh ed issues ela ed o he localisa ion and ele ance o suppo s uc u es. I was s ongly a gued ha
local au ho i ies need o be mo e in ol ed in ag icul u al dissemina ion o “ ind he a me s”. Exis ing Digi al Inno a ion Hubs
we e deemed la gely ine ec i e o ag icul u e, being loca ed in capi al ci ies and managed by uni e si y eache s, a he han os e ing
local inno a ions by a me s o a me s. In con as , good p ac ices iden i ied included knowledge cen es ha ope a e ia pee wo k by
o he a me s, and he po en ial o coope a i es o d i e digi alisa ion as hey ocus on small-scale a me s and acili a e knowledge
pooling and esou ce sha ing. In ha sense, pa icipan s ecognised ha solu ions need o be ailo -made o he alue chain and
con ex .
A key aspec o he discussion was he impe a i e o pai digi alisa ion wi h clima e ulne abili y. This in ol es in eg a ing clima e isk
da a, le e aging esou ces like he Eu opean Clima e Risk Assessmen (EUCRA) and isk hubs, and enabling Membe S a es o ac
as esilience hubs, sha ing ailo ed ools and s a egies. The need o open, localised da a sys ems was emphasised o ensu e his
ans o ma ion is inclusi e and use ul on he g ound. While Membe S a es a e unde aking signi ican p omo ional e o s, digi al li e acy
emains a undamen al ba ie .
Looking o wa d, he e we e signi ican p oposals o eo ien ing he CAP. I was sugges ed ha he CAP should ocus less di ec ly on
he a me as he digi alisa ion bene icia y and ins ead p io i ise suppo ing he se ices o a me s. This implies a shi owa ds
s eng hening he suppo ecosys em. Addi ionally, o de eloping e ec i e echnologies, he e is a clea need o IT p o essionals o
wo k di ec ly wi h ag onomis s and a me s. Addi ionally, pa icipan s also no ed he impo ance o unde s anding he p e-adop ion,
adop ion, and pos -adop ion s ages o digi al ool. Coun ies like I eland, Es onia, Spain, Ne he lands, and Belgium we e iden i ied as
inno a o s in CAP digi alisa ion, hough i was acknowledged ha hei p og ess is o en d i en by ac o s like he cheap a ailabili y o
elecoms da a, which may no be eplicable ac oss all ag icul u al con ex s.
Policy en i onmen o digi al ag icul u e
Facili a ed by An onio Hu ado (UCO)
Wo kshop: Mapping he impac o digi alisa ion on
ag icul u e
The second pa o he e en was dedica ed o a wo kshop, whe e a endees we e spli in o wo g oups o u he discuss inding om he
mo ning, ocusing on policy en i onmen s o digi al ag icul u e and policy in e en ions o clima e-sma ag icul u e.
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Policy in e en ions o clima e-sma ag icul u e
Facili a ed by Blanca Casa es (AEIDL)
The second wo kshop unde sco ed signi ican challenges and oppo uni ies ega ding he CAP e ec i eness in os e ing CSA adop ion
among Eu opean a me s, alongside i al conside a ions o i s u u e di ec ion pos -2027.
A p ima y conce n iden i ied was he absence o explici CSA e e ences wi hin exis ing EU legisla ion, which is pe cei ed o hinde
i s e ec i eness in d i ing widesp ead adop ion o CSA p ac ices. While he e’s a gene al expec a ion ha he CSA concep has been
in oduced by Ci il Socie y O ganisa ions (CSOs), he e appea s o be a missing clea guide om he EU on managemen ools
o a me s o selec om, indica ing a lack o an agg ega ed sys em on he ood sys em side. In con as , he Du ch app oach was
highligh ed as a good p ac ice due o i s sys ema ic amewo k whe e a me s’ commi men s o speci ic p ac ices a e di ec ly linked o
ewa ds, an app oach e y simila o CSA p inciples.
Despi e he CAP’s exis ing connec ions o CSA p inciples, a me adop ion a es o hese p ac ices and echnologies emain slow ac oss
Eu ope. Wo kshop pa icipan s iden i ied se e al ba ie s as con ibu ing o his slow up ake. Fi s ly, hey no ed a low awa eness among
en ep eneu s and a me s ega ding CSA and i s associa ed bene i s, alongside c i icism ha oo ew p ac ices a e adequa ely
incen i ised o c op adap a ion. Secondly, he complexi y in measu ing he e ec i eness o in e en ions u he complica es
e o s o encou age adop ion. A pa icula ly c ucial ba ie highligh ed is he lack o deepe knowledge among ad iso s, which di ec ly
impedes he e ec i e implemen a ion o CSA p ac ices. A endees highligh ed he need o ep esen a i e ad iso s in egions who possess
expe ise in he ele an echnologies, unde s and hei ope a ional mechanics, and can acili a e communica ion, necessi a ing p ope
aining and guidance. Fu he mo e, he limi ed iming o in e en ions, o en es ic ed o jus one yea , poses a signi ican challenge,
as i cons ains he achie emen o meaning ul esul s and he disagg ega ion o impac s wi hin mul i- ac o sys ems designed o b ing
abou change. The poli ical agenda, whe e eco-schemes a e p esen bu no conside ed p og essi e enough, also plays a ole in he slow
pace o change.
The discussion also ex ensi ely co e ed he ole o digi alisa ion and i s impac on CSA adop ion. The slow up ake o digi al echnologies
di ec ly a ec s he adop ion o CSA p ac ices, wi h conce ns aised ha he EU is no su icien ly suppo i e in his a ea, p essing cla i ica ion
o legal aspec s. Key s uc u al needs iden i ied include he absence o a uni ied digi al Fa mBook and a need o imp o ed b oadband
access. Looking ahead, “game change s” o enhancing CAP pe o mance and moni o ing include he de elopmen o an Ag iDa a
space, ensu ing cohe ence when designing CAP s a egic plans, and be e alignmen wi h he implemen a ion o o he s a egies. These
digi al ad ancemen s also ie in o c i ical conside a ions such as budge alloca ion o da a s o age and he es ablishmen o a code o
conduc o da a sha ing.
Fo he pos -2027 CAP, pa icipan s emphasised he need o undamen al s uc u al o policy eo ien a ions o mo e e ec i ely
in eg a e CSA’s holis ic objec i es and ensu e cohe ence wi h b oade EU g een and digi al objec i es spanning om 2030 o 2050. This
includes designing ansi ions in close collabo a ion wi h ad iso s. The impo ance o inco po a ing beha iou al insigh s and ai ness
conside a ions in o he design o he nex CAP was also s essed as a means o imp o e i s e ec i eness in encou aging his pi o al shi
owa ds clima e-sma ag icul u al p ac ices.
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In conclusion, he mee ing a i med ha policies play a c ucial
ole in ag icul u e digi alisa ion, wi h EU legal s a egies boos ing
adop ion, hough na ional legisla i e suppo is also i al. The
consensus was ha digi alisa ion is a con inuous p ocess, no
an end goal, equi ing ime and e o . O e coming he iden i ied
di ides and enhancing a me skills and compe encies emain
c i ical challenges. A join e o be ween public and p i a e
sec o s is essen ial o a eal boos in ag icul u al digi alisa ion,
ensu ing a ai and o wa d-looking digi al ansi ion.
The CODECS wo kshop concluded ha while digi al ans o ma ion
and clima e-sma ag icul u e p esen wo majo , o en o e lapping,
challenges, he consis ency in iden i ied p oblems and di e ences
ac oss he EU indica es a e ile g ound o u he wo k. Wi h he
new CAP p oposals soon o be un eiled, his is a imely momen o
he ecommenda ions om p ojec s like CODECS and BEATLES o
in luence u u e policy.
As highligh ed by Me eille N abuhashe in he concluding ema ks,
he wo kshop was o ganised unde he CODECS Knowledge
Accele a o , a pla o m designed o acili a e knowledge exchange
and collabo a ion. The p ima y goal o his accele a o is o ensu e
ha all s akeholde s ha e access o he la es insigh s, ools,
s a egies, and policies o e ec i ely ackle change and ensu e
he sus ainable digi alisa ion o ag icul u e. Fu he e en s unde
he Knowledge Accele a o a e planned a e he summe , and
in e es ed pa ies a e encou aged o join he communi y o s ay
upda ed on ad ancemen s in digi al ag icul u e
Conclusions & nex s eps
Me eille N abuhashe
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The wo wo kshops highligh ed a consis en need o imp o ed
adop ion in o ma ion and communica ion a na ional and
local le els o each inal bene icia ies. The e is a s ong and
consis en demand o li e acy, capaci y building, and aining
no jus o a me s (especially gi en he demog aphics o olde
a me s), bu also o ad iso s (bo h public and p i a e ne wo ks),
managing au ho i ies, and paying agencies. Ci il se an s need o
be be e ained on he sec o ’s needs and new ways o designing
and measu ing esul s.
A signi ican challenge in ag icul u al digi alisa ion is he huge
a iabili y ac oss he EU in e ms o a m size, a me age,
egional idiosync asies, go e nance amewo ks, geog aphy, and
e en compe ing na ional p io i ies (e.g., esou ce di e sion due o
geopoli ical con lic s). As one pa icipan ap ly summa ised, “Wha
sui s a Spanish a me doesn’ sui Es onian a me ”.
Repo back & Open Discussion
Mode a ed by Se a ín Pazos Vidal
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