NEWS | A new DESIRA tool is available: the Living Lab Modeler
It is a powerful and flexible tool that can help researchers and stakeholders to add value to the activities of their Living Lab in the field of digital agriculture and rural development.
ARTICLE | Proposals to digitalise Italy’s mountain areas
Check out the policy recommendations identified by PEFC Italy, Amigo, CNR-ISTI and UNIPI to promote the adoption of digital tools in a sustainable way in these remote places.
NEWS | These are the needs, expectations and impacts for digitalisation from the DESIRA Living Labs
A new batch of Practices Abstracts has been published! 21 documents featuring a short summary of the Needs, Expectations and Impacts (NEI) report, that DESIRA Living Labs carried out during 2021. These documents include the main needs that each LL must address related to its focal question, as [...]
NEWS | Use case workshop of Rhineland Palatinate Living Lab
On 12 May 2022, the German DESIRA Living Lab in Rhineland-Palatinate carried out its use case workshop in Betzdorf. The purpose was to refine an use case focusing on digital potentials for the social cohesion in the region. Based on the project results generated so far in the living lab, [...]
ARTICLE | Policy options for an enhanced digital future
A recent report completed by FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland) and all Living Lab (LL) coordinators, summarises possible digital futures in various contexts across the EU as well as stakeholders’ views on these potential developments. The work suggests a range of corresponding policy options to either mitigate negative impacts associated with digitalisation or to support an enhanced digital trend associated with positive impacts.
NEWS | Building future scenarios for forest fires in Andalusia
The Living Lab coordinated by University of Córdoba is working on the topic of forest fires in Andalusia. This is an increasingly recurrent phenomenon with an everchanging and more unpredictable behaviour. Few months ago, the fire initiated in Sierra Bermeja (Málaga) was “unusual in our country” -as stated [...]
NEWS | Needs, expectations and impacts of digitalisation in EU agriculture, forestry and rural areas
DESIRA has carried out a synthesis report on the Needs, Expectations and Impact (NEI) of digitalisation on agriculture, rural areas, and forestry. This synthesis report includes a comparative analysis of socio-economic impacts of digitalisation using the basis of the 21 NEI regional reports elaborated by each Living Lab [...]
NEWS | Croatian Living Lab holds their Scenario Planning workshop
The Croatian Living Lab, coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate for Professional Support to Agricultural Development organised their Scenario Planning workshop on September 24 in Poreč.
NEWS | What will digital life look like in Betzdorf-Gebhardshain (Germany) in 2031?
On 26/27 October 2021, the German DESIRA Living Lab Rhineland-Palatinate held an online workshop to carry out its Scenario Planning.
NEWS | Digital Futures in Coigach, Scotland: Scenario Planning workshops
On 7 October 2021, the Scottish DESIRA Living Lab met with ten residents of Coigach in their village hall along with virtual representatives from the Scottish Government participating online.