Teodoro Montanaro, as researcher of LINKS Foundation, worked at different European projects. One of them is the Internet of Food & Farm 2020 (IoF2020) project at which Teodoro worked as a task leader (T2.1 and T2.2), developer (in UC5.1) and LINKS internal project manager. The project is part of the Large Scale Pilot initiative at which Teodoro has also taken part to actively contributing to design shared architectures to be used within other future projects by also representing the company in several consortium meetings and conferences.
The following paragraphs are completed copied from the IoF2020 official website.
The internet of things (IoT) has revolutionary potential. A smart web of sensors, actuators, cameras, robots, drones and other connected devices allows for an unprecedented level of control and automated decision-making. The project Internet of Food & Farm 2020 (IoF2020) explores the potential of IoT-technologies for the European food and farming industry.
The goal is ambitious: to make precision farming a reality and to take a vital step towards a more sustainable food value chain. With the help of IoT technologies higher yields and better quality produce are within reach. Pesticide and fertilizer use will drop and overall efficiency is optimized. IoT technologies also enable better traceability of food, leading to increased food safety.
IoF2020 is part of Horizon 2020 Industrial Leadership and supported by the European Commission with a budget of EUR 30 million. The aim of IoF2020 is to build a lasting innovation ecosystem that fosters the uptake of IoT technologies. For this purpose key stakeholders along the food value chain are involved in IoF2020 together with technology service providers, software companies and academic research institutions.
Nineteen use-cases organised around five sectors (arable, dairy, fruits, meat and vegetables) develop, test and demonstrate IoT technologies in an operational farm environment all over Europe.
