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1 Cooperative Innovative Farming LAGF 09 / 24 / 2014 Elies Lemkes Straver, MA CEO at ZLTO

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4 Outline 1. Organisation and context 2. Vision: Cooperative Innovative Farming 3. Smart-farming: experience, results and challenges 4. The Netherlands, a Living Lab 5. Invitation to cooperate

5 Organisation and context

6 ZLTO: our region Amsterdam Rotterdam Eindhoven

7 Our region Broadband: Nl in Top 5, fastes and most widespread broadband connection Our region: even better! 94% of the inhabitants are broadband internet connection Smartest region in the world Most innovations per inhabitant Most patents per inhabitant Public-Private-Partnerships

8 Netherlands in Europe London Paris Berlin

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10 ZLTO: a Farmers association

11 ZLTO entrepreneurial triangle

12 Universities Environment Cooperate Communicate Innovate Invest Initiate Connect Farmers Government Consumers Research Centres

13 Future Farming Healthy Living connecting technology and design connecting society and environment

14 Cooperative Innovative Farming Our mission Ensure continuity of the agricultural livelihood with techonolgy Our vision Enhancing: efficiency (more output, less input) transparency (information sharing) taking responsibility (towards environment and society)

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16 Smart-farming: experience, results and challenges

17 Top 5 exporting countries Source: World Bank

18 Export projected to increase

19 NL is 5 times more efficient than EU Source: World Bank

20 High productivity times as efficient as China 80,3 Mexico 15 Brazil 11,3 Germany 1,9 United States 1,2

21 Decrease emissions Added value Emissions: N, P, NH3 Source: PBL

22 Planetary Boundaries: sustainable production

23 The challenges we face Fight poverty: increase productivity Fair and transparent trade & logistics New challenging employment

24 Fighting Poverty Increasing Productivity

25 Precision Agriculture

26 ZLTO: over 10 years in smart-farming

27 Use of Precision Agriculture

28 Greenhouse horticulture

29 Animal Husbandry

30 New strategies

31 Fair and transparent trade & logistics

32 Geo tracking & tracing in manure logistics

33 Animal transport: tracking & tracing

34 Geo ICT in consumer logistics

35 New Challenging Employment

36 Advantages of Precision Agriculture Inputs: water, fertilizer, seed, crop protection and diesel Source: Wageningen UR

37 Extra advantages of integrated agriculture

38 Reduction of antibiotics Substances in Kg Source: SDA

39 Chances of GeoICT in 5 years plants

40 Chances of GeoICT in 5 years animals

41 Living Lab NL

42 Integrated Management Cycle

43 Planning

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45 Preparation

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49 Harvest

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52 Information comes to the farmer

53 Clear actions

54 Precision Agriculture in Animal Husbandry

55 Dutch government:topsector policy

56 The Netherlands: Living Lab for smart-farming Top sector policy: focus on innovation, international business, human capital, sustainability, market and society Agri&Food Innovation Programme: innovation, new businesss, living labs, new products.

57 ZLTO in EU Horizon 2020 H2020: 70 billion (2014 to 2020) 1. Excellent Science ( 24 b) 2. Industrial Leadership ( 17 b) 3. Societal Challenges ( 31 b) Food, Energy and Health Europe move towards smart, sustainable, inclusive growth, and along the way to tackle its pressing societal challenges

58 ZLTO in EU Horizon 2020 ZLTO in EU Projects: Focusgroup Precision Agriculture European Innovation Partnership, linked to H2020 and the rural development programme Satisfarming: the implementation of Satellite Farming in Europe AgriSpin: innovation brokership in Europe. Euro Dairy Farming: Innovation in dairy Farming

59 Invitation to cooperate

60 Partners and many more

61 ZLTO: your partner in smart-farming 1. Leading role in Public Private Projects 2. Excellent network: private and public sector partners (EU, NL province) 3. Access to key players and entrepreneurs in high tech and design 4. Direct connection with entrepreneurial and innovative farmers 5. Testing grounds available 6. Co-investor in innovation

62 CONTACT Peter Paree Pieter van Hout Your connection to Living Lab NL

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