Boosting Innovation in Education aNd REsearch oF Precision AgriculTure in Palestine Erasmus Project

Project Title

Boosting Innovation in Education aNd REsearch oF Precision AgriculTure in Palestine

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Agriculture in the Palestinian territories is a mainstay in the economy of both countries. The production of agricultural goods supports the population’s sustenance needs and informally employs 90% of the population.On the other side, industrial and/or digital technologies are expanding in global phenomenon with an emphasis on digitalisation, automation, control and robotics in various operations related to soil cultivation management, optimization of crops nutrition, crop tending etc. Automated robotic systems can bring to agriculture flexibility in farmer decision making to select the optimal technological arrangements during the production process of the field crops, which entails not only economic but also the environmental and social aspects.The use of (digital) technologies could allow the agricultural sector to achieve big leaps in Palestine, especially in increasing productivity and introducing the cultivation of new strategic classes of crops. The knowledge about advanced agricultural technologies have therefore become key for the farmers in these regions, throughout the process of cultivation and harvest. Precision agriculture is an innovative concept in the countries of Middle East and especially in Palestine. This is not specifically about the technologies, but about the overall concept putting accent on understanding how the technologies can make the farming more accurate and controlled. The innovative character of the project serves not only the capacity-building aspect for Palestinian HEIs, but also addresses the challenges faced by the EU countries regarding ICT, technological developments, and creating a global research framework for innovation and development regarding the integration of newest (digital) technologies into agriculture and rural development.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 790845 Eur

Project Coordinator

AL-QUDS OPEN UNIVERSITY & Country: PS

Project Partners

• PANEPISTIMIO PATRON
• HEBRON UNIVERSITY
• AN-NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY OF RUSE ANGEL KANCHEV
• AL-ISTIQLAL UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
• SLOVENSKA POLNOHOSPODARSKA UNIVERZITA V NITRE