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We are pleased to inform you that the application developed within the framework of the SmartAgriHubs project ''FIE20: Groundwater and meteo sensors'', successfully participated last week WSIS Prizes 2021 The applications were selected from 360 nominated projects out of a total of 1,270 applications submitted for the WSIS Prize 2021.

The next task is to be among the 90 selected applications. Please support our colleagues with YOUR VOTE by voting by March 31st!

How to vote for FIE20: Groundwater and meteo sensors?

1. Please register under this link and you will receive a verification email with a link https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Account/Register?ReturnUrl=%2Fnet4%2Fwsis%2Fstocktaking%2FPrizes%2F2021%2FVote

2. Sign in (Login)

3. Click on Awards in the menu and then on the Vote button (or directly on the link below)

https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Prizes/2021/Vote

4. Select a category: AL C7.E- environment, and you can vote

If you need assistance with voting, please contact Inga Bērziņa, project manager of the Farmers' Assembly, 29282312, inga@zemniekusaeima.lv

The nominated application has been developed over two years as one of the Innovation Experiments (IIE) of the Horizon 2020 SmartAgriHubs (SAH) project. The development team is an international consortium, where the association “Zemnieku saeima” (Latvia), the Latvian technology company BOSC (Baltic Open Solutions Center, Riga), the Czech technology company Lesprojekt (Lesprojektslužby sro, Záryby), the Czech Living Lab WirelessInfo (WIRELESSINFO, Litovel) and the Swiss company Meteoblue (meteoblue AG, Basel) work together. BOSC acts as the main technology coordinator, Lesprojekt – as the developer of the analytical functionality and Meteoblue – as the provider of meteorological and climate data. The IE is responsible for stakeholder cooperation, potential user requirements and dissemination. The application integrates data from sensors on farms or in the fields (various sensors from different data providers integrated into the common data model of the SensLog application). It provides available thematic spatial data (field blocks, protected areas, soil maps) and regularly updated remote sensing data (optical satellite images from Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites and derived vegetation indices). The program offers current weather forecasts, as well as historical climate data for the selected farm. It analyzes the data and provides recommendations for field work planning based on weather forecasts, remote sensing data on the state of vegetation, as well as offers determination of crop productivity zones for choosing the most appropriate fertilization method, etc. This web program is a unique solution due to the integration of various data and functions into one application.

The program is available on the website of the Farmers' Parliament Digital Innovation Center (DIH) (https://groundwater.smartagro.lv/fie/index.html?lang=en), uses the Czech FOODIE SmartAgrihub (www.agrihub.cz) analytical functions and the entire Lesprojekt cloud infrastructure. The program was tested mainly in Latvia. Testing in other countries will begin soon.

Those interested can register at: https://groundwater.smartagro.lv/ and use the program to display your field boundaries and sensor data, plan field work, review weather forecasts, etc.

The application “FIE20: Groundwater and meteorological sensors” has been nominated in the 12th category “AL C7. E-environment”.