European Broadband Competence Offices Network Support Facility
The European Farm Advisory System enables farmers to better understand and comply with EU rules for environmental, public and animal health, animal welfare and the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC), which aim to achieve a sustainable agriculture in the EU.
All countries in the European Union have a Farm Advisory System that provides advice to farmers, helping them to adjust their practices and implement the recommendations suggested in the new Common Agricultural Policy.
As Mr Haniotis explains, “a gap exists between the knowledge that is generated with research, innovation and best practices on the ground, and the fact that this knowledge is not shared by all farmers but only the most pioneering among them”. “The Farm Advisory services could take the form of experimenting with new practices, training of farmers, linking with universities or research institutes and providing to them with the data necessary to run their experiments with new techniques.”
Mr Haniotis concludes by underlining the importance of rural broadband for “the transfer of data and the transfer of knowledge, in the feedback between farmers and the farm advisory systems and in a mature 21st century where digitalisation is the orientation that we see on the ground in all human activities”.
Find out more
- The Farm Advisory System
- The Common Agricultural Policy
- Video interview series on broadband and digital projects in the EU
- Information on EU funding for broadband
- Information on technical assistance for broadband
- The status of connectivity in your area: the European Broadband Mapping Portal