The NWE SIMONE project enhances agroecological transitions through on-farm experimentation and living labs. A digital dashboard plays a key role by providing real-time data on crop performance, soil health, and resource use. It enables farmers, researchers, and stakeholders to monitor, analyze, and optimize sustainable practices efficiently. By integrating smart tools, SIMONE fosters collaboration and accelerates innovation in resilient farming systems.

To sustainably build the agro-ecological transition it is important to disseminate knowledge on all levels of stakeholders. SMART3R is the IoT environment where on-farm-experimentation data & knowledge can be registered, shared and historically documented. Its prospective users are a variety of stakeholders from: Farmers, Agri-consultants, to University Faculties & Researchers. 

User-based approach

To facilitate the different roles everyone will take in the NWE SIMONE project, a user-based approach will be taken to allocate rights and responsibilities to the different users. This will allow a smooth compliant information transfer between stakeholders with varying degrees of roles and responsibilities. 

The SMART3R platform will offer a variety of features, such as task-registration, imaging registration of plots/fields and an activity planner. These features aim to enhance the platform by simplifying the registration process of data for both operational and oversight users. Within the NWE SIMONE project we are looking forward to the upcoming period, April will be the month where the initial users will be able to explore the proof of concept version of SMART3R focusing mainly on the workflows and UI/UX features.

Throughout May the focus will be on gathering feedback from the Living Lab Leaders and enhancing the SMART3R platform. It is an exciting period for the (next) generation of agri-experts within on-farm-experimentation!

Contact details

Living Lab Leader NL-SE: Marnik van Geelen: marnik@vdbornecampus.com