GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Used effectively, agricultural data has the potential to increase the performance of the sector and of businesses along the supply chain in a sustainable way as well to as to serve public good purposes. Agricultural data has a value and presents an interesting element for the data economy. It is important for farmers to show trust that their farm data is handled and share carefully, and have to see their and societal benefits to share the data, and have a stake in the economic benefits of agricultural data.

Proposals should cover all of the following aspects:

• Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the effects of various data sharing and marketing and use options (considering among others private and public data, private and public actions, and big data opportunities) for the actors along the agri-food supply chain and the development of scenarios for the data economy.
• Implications of the ongoing policy-making process at EU level including the development of relevant legislation in the analyses.
• Effects of multi-level governance systems in the EU under consideration of the situation and conditions in various Member States as well as effects of international (trade) relations.
• Consideration of multiple data-sharing business- and governance approaches and technical solution in data sharing in the agricultural sector.
• Consideration of climate adaptation and reducing administrative burden in the assessment of the potential of agricultural data sharing for the sector and the society.