<< Objectives >>The main MILIMAT objective of this project is to raise training and awareness of farmers and migrant workers in the agricultural sector, so that they are able to lead and manage these new multicultural teams in a professional and responsible way, to ensure a labour and social integration in farms where codes of conduct based on diversity, equality and respect are followed to guarantee the rights of all workers. Supported by a cooperative platform for communication, management and mutual planning<< Implementation >>Based on our previous needs analysis, on the National Reports and the Transnational Analyses Report-TaR (WP2), on the knowledge and experience of the partners, and on the Manual of Best Practices (WP3), the consortium will design and develop dual training materials for migrant workers and farmers (WP4) that will be hosted on the corresponding training platforms (WP5/R5.4.) in conjunction with the MILIMAT collaboration platform (WP5/R2.2) founded on the MILIMAT Code of Good Conduct (WP5/R5.3).<< Results >>The project results are:-WP1: Management-WP2: R1: Workshop; R2: NRs; R3: TaR; R4: Database; R5: TPM1+VM1-WP3: R1: Best Practices; R2: Case Studies; R3: Good Practices Manual; R4: Extended Database2; R5: TPM2/3 + VM2/3-WP4: R1: Training Modules; R2: Self-Assessment Tool; R3: Introductory videos; R4/5: VM4 + TPM4-WP5: R1: Requirement Document; R2: Code of Good Conduct; R3: CWP; R4: Training System; R5: Pilot Test; R6/7: VM5 + TPM5 -WP6: R1: Dissemination M R2: 5 Diss. Conferences.

"Smallholder agriculture still dominates the European rural economy, with 86% of EU farms holding an area below 20ha (CEMA, November 2017). Advanced agricultural machinery solutions can help farm holdings, regardless of their size, to operate in a profitable, competitive and sustainable manner. In particular, Precision Agriculture (PA) technologies holds great potential for farmers as a new frontier based on use of innovative technologies, such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and aiming at a rational adoption of decisions and planned agricultural works well balanced between competitiveness and sustainability. This concept has been simply explained as a way to ”apply the right treatment in the right place at the right time”. The project aims to develop awareness and competences of farmers, students and other target groups involved in the Agricultural Knowledge Innovation System (AKIS) towards an advanced digital knowledge focused on smart farming oriented to a Vocational and Education Training (VET) framework fostering sustainable development in rural areas, strengthening professional handling of digital data and implements of sprayers for sustainable farming and delivering added value to occupability of youth in rural areas, The project aims also at creating a complete e-learning system based on digital farming linked to use and planning of spraying machinery targeted to farmers, agricultural knowledge advisory services, higher education and agricultural vocational schools, agricultural machinery manufacturers, professonals of the vocational education and training (VET), policy and decision makers and experts of the agricultural sector. The teaching materials, in form of Modules, will be adapted to a web platform system for self-learning with specific attention to i) safety of operators, ii) environmental protection from diffusion of toxic and polluting products, and iii) food safety. Plant protection from adversities due to crittogames, pathogens and harmful insects is absolutely necessary for securing an effective and stable productivity in agriculture. However, because of spraying pesticides, it can produce pollution endangering human health, environment and food safety, Furthermore plant protection machines, called sprayers, are very special if compared to other agricultural machinery, since its quality and application techniques level greatly affect safety and hygiene of food products.The main output of the project will be a training course for combined, on the spot, long distance and online interactive learning, based on a general and detailed knowledge of digital data and tools linked to spraying machinery..The main target users are: a) farmers and sprayers operators; b) students of higher education and agricultural vocational and technical schools; c) agronomists, trainers and persons in charge of the prevention and protection service at work; d) technicians and manufacturers of sprayer machineries.The Intellectual Output (IO) 1 will be the Module 1, entitled ""Digital farming and sprayers"", based on introduction and all available data and tools linked to use and planning on field spraying good practices depending of kinds of crops, land suitability, weather forecast data, treatment calendar and information to be used (EQF Level 3). All kinds of digital data available and suitable to provide farmers with full information will be simply explained making easy to improve competences and decision making skills on advanced technologies available and planning of actions from purchase or leasing to treatments. The IO2 will be the Module 2 entitled ""Proper combination of technologies and digital information for sprayers on selected crops"", based on a selection of crops. At least 4 crops will be choosen as case studies for digitallization of spraying technologies from the national Training Needs Analysis and State-of-the-Art on digital farming for spraying machinery relevant to selected cultivations (EQF Level 4). The machines will be adequately explained, by support of brief descriptions and a wide use of pictures, animations and video-clips, within training modules sequenced according to increasing levels based on the European Qualifications Framework,The IO3 will be the Module 3 entitled ""Digital data for farmers and certification system for sustainable farming"", focused on i) user friendly transfer of digital farming knowledge, competences and skills to farmers (Part I, EQF Level 5) and ii) certification system of digital farming linked to spraying machineries for reduction of environmental pollution, chemical residuals, emissions of Greenhouse gases, etc. implemented with last generation traceability systems (i.e. Distributed Ledger Technology, DLT) attributing a rating based on sustainability indicators (Part II, EQF Level 6). The IO4 will be the ""IMPLEMENT 4.0 Web Training Platform"" collecting all Modules and constituting the online course for Precision Agriculture."

<< Objectives >>Precision Agriculture (PA), a farming management concept based upon observing, measuring and responding to variability of conditions in crops, or to manage some aspects of animal rearing, is a new frontier based on use of innovative communication system technologies. The EASY4DIGIT project will offer advanced training solutions to the main categories concerned, farmers, students of vocational agricultural school and universities, advisory services, professionals, manufacturers and policy makers.<< Implementation >>An e-Learning course will be set up on use of digital technologies in agriculture for • optimizing the agronomic decisions • controlling the precision of the applications • recording the work performed • analysing the performances. Within this learning framework the Decision Support Systems will be particularly explained as drivers for Precision Agriculture connecting farming with digital education and technological competences for more sustainable, resilient and competitive rural areas.<< Results >>The project will be developed through 5 WPs: WP1 Management WP2 State-of-Art WP3 Training Course on Use of digital Technologies in Agriculture WP4 Web platform for e-Learning and WP5 Evaluation, Monitoring and Dissemination.The course will be made of 3 Modules: Module 1 Education and Training on Digital Technologies for Farm Decision Support; Module 2 Smart Solutions for Innovative, Sustainable and Safe Agri-food Supply Chains; Module 3 Digital Innovation and Good Practices for Rural Areas.

Employing hard-to-employ people in agriculture has been a topic of theoretical discussions in Europe, and it has been becoming increasingly significant in recent years. We are aware of the fact that the needs of people with mild intellectual disabilities for employment have been growing, especially in the countryside. Available jobs on farms should be a direct answer to such needs. Specifically, with the shortage of working positions, be it in the countryside or nearby urban areas, many people from this category remain unemployed. Due to specific population structures in the countryside, new positions should be created there. In fact, that might be the only way to ensure permanent and high-quality working positions. Inclusion of people with mild intellectual disabilities (PMID), that affects about 5 million Europeans, on farms, has already been identified to have positive effect on PMID in terms of social care or therapy, but their potential as a suitable working environment for persons with disabilities is still highly underrated. This kind of employments are also encouraged by EU policies and Strategies (Common Agricultural Policy 14-20, CORK Declaration 2.0, EU 2020) as social entrepreneurship represents a new opportunity for farmers with effect on social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas and it delivers innovative, inclusive and sustainable solutions for current and future societal challenges. The general aim of the project FARMID is to promote employment of people with Mild Intellectual Disabilities (MID) on family farms and thus promoting social inclusion as improving economic situation of family farms. This project's direct target group are farmers, landowners and rural entrepreneurs, and farmers' trainers; however, indirectly, our project aims to improve the lives of PMID and their caring families. The project's main objective was to develop a new comprehensive training programme and learning materials for farmers, entering in the field of social entrepreneurship on farms (or simply employment of PMID), to acquire adequate knowledge, skills, and competencies needed for employment and working with people with MID. Project-specific objectives were:+ To present an overview of national legislation in partners' countries concerning social entrepreneurship and possible connection to the agricultural sector and identify possibilities of establishing social enterprise on farms for the employment of PMID.+ To present best practices in the field of PMID on-farm employment in partner countries.+ To develop & present special knowledge on how to work with, mentor and train employees with special needs.+ To develop and implement a training programme for farmers in e-learning platform with interactive learning material. The main results of the project are:+Guidelines for sustainable employment of PMID in rural areas+Developed case studies (13), gathering best practices in the field of employment of PMID on farms+Developed curriculum: Training for sustainable employment of PMID on farms+Developed contents of the training programme and e-learning platform+Implemented 25-hours joint short-term staff training for 15 trainers, employees or members of the project consortium+5 multiplier events, involving over 100 main sector stakeholders, such as farmers, farmer trainers, special needs educators, work rehabilitators, policymakers, representative of social service providers etc.+pilot test of the developed platform with 35 participants from 4 countries+promotional video in Slovenian and English, with subtitles to all consortium languages The training materials (in English, Slovenian, German, Spanish, Italian and French) are freely available on www.farmid.bc-naklo.si and Erasmus+ project database making them available to a wide audience. The most important impact, already shown by the project, was the employment of several people with mild intellectual disability on farms or farm-related jobs. Farmers have already expressed interest in PMID employment and are taking steps towards organising their agricultural enterprise direction. After the presentations of case studies, farmers have fewer restraints, related to PMID employment. FARMID training contents have already been used and are planned to be used in the future, partially or as a whole in some of the partners' institutions or in connection to them (for example-with collaboration of CIA Umbria at University of Perugia, Biotehniški center Naklo - on secondary and tertiary level studies etc.) Other partners use gained knowledge in their daily work and further spread the knowledge amongst their members.In relation to this project, some partners decided to further develop the topic in similar projects.

<< Objectives >>The main objective of STAY is training farmers to start up & manage agrotourism businesses, as a complement to farming income, by a 2-way approach: addressing professionals, teachers, trainers, advisors (indirect) and farmers (direct). Related objectives are generating local awareness by enhancing the tourist value of rural heritage, promoting proactive entrepreneurial spirit encouraging multifunctionality, retaining young people in rural areas and exchanging experiences among participants.<< Implementation >>Several activities will be implemented, such as summary report on agrotourism based on National reports, specific up-to-date professional training curriculum, e-learning platform including case studies & training modules, pilot testing, training meeting for trainers, project meetings (in person & virtual), mainstreaming actions, dissemination conferences and other dissemination activities (website, leaflet, mailing, newsletter, social media, etc.).<< Results >>STAY will provide a summary report on agrotourism (based on reports from Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic and European data), 18 European case studies, a specific professional curriculum to be inserted into training programmes (university, VET, MOOC), an e-learning platform (with introductory videos, training modules and self-assessment) for entrepreneurs and professionals in agrotourism, a project website, a training meeting for technicians and dissemination products.