Digital Public Good navigating digital agriculture developments in Europe and Central Asia
The Observatory is FAO's regional knowledge hub for discovering and understanding digital agriculture initiatives, evidence, country profiles, and insights across Europe and Central Asia.
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Optimizing Access to Services through Integrated EO and AI Solutions for Innovative Societies
OASIS (Optimizing Access to Services through Integrated EO and AI Solutions for Innovative Societies) is an Interreg Latvia–Lithuania project that aims to improve agricultural monitoring and administration of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments by integrating Earth observation (EO) data and artificial intelligence into the control systems of the Lithuanian National Paying Agency (NMA) and the Latvian Rural Support Service (LAD). The project is developing AI-based super-resolution satellite imagery, common geospatial data standards, and interoperable monitoring tools to improve the accuracy of agricultural area verification, reduce field inspections, and facilitate fairer and more efficient subsidy administration for farmers in the Latvia–Lithuania border region.
Updated July 2027
Project developing a digital ecosystem for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration
GFarm for LIFE (Green Farm) is a LIFE Programme project that aims to develop Lithuania's national digital ecosystem for monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon sequestration in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. The project is developing a monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) framework, a national carbon register, and digital tools that combine Earth observation, farm-level data, soil and forestry information, and geospatial analytics to support carbon farming, carbon removal certification, and evidence-based climate policy. The platform is intended to help farmers, policymakers, and public authorities assess emissions and carbon sequestration, support future carbon markets, and align Lithuania's agricultural sector with emerging EU carbon certification regulations.
Updated July 2026
Project developing a Copernicus-based decision support service for improving the suitability of farmland habitats for bird species
BirdWatch is a Horizon Europe research and innovation project that developed a Copernicus-based decision support service for assessing and improving the suitability of farmland habitats for bird species. The platform combines Earth observation data, species distribution models, machine learning, and geospatial analysis to evaluate how agricultural landscapes support farmland biodiversity and to optimize Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) greening measures. The service is intended to support policymakers, paying agencies, conservation authorities, and farmers in designing and monitoring biodiversity-friendly agricultural practices while balancing ecological and economic objectives.
Updated July 2026
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May 18, 2026
Three days of country roundtables, technology demos and a ministerial session on data sharing across ECA.
Three days of country roundtables, technology demos and a ministerial session on data sharing across ECA.
FAO REU
May 15, 2026
A long-form look at the extension-to-smartphone handoff — why advisory services across Europe and Central Asia are moving from field days to voice notes, and what that changes for evidence, equity and trust.
A long-form look at the extension-to-smartphone handoff — why advisory services across Europe and Central Asia are moving from field days to voice notes, and what that changes for evidence, equity and trust.
OBSERVATORY EDITORIAL TEAM
April 2, 2026
Ownership, portability and trust as the next policy frontier. We talk to seven ministries and four cooperatives about data agreements that actually hold up.
Ownership, portability and trust as the next policy frontier. We talk to seven ministries and four cooperatives about data agreements that actually hold up.
OBSERVATORY EDITORIAL TEAM
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