The KNeDL year 2023

The event offered the opportunity to exchange ideas with experts from science, practice and business and to grasp the potential of digitalization in animal husbandry.

In open discussions, the participants had the opportunity to exchange ideas with others about the advantages and disadvantages as well as the potential and innovative approaches of digitalization in animal husbandry.

One of the highlights was the tour of the stables at the Almesbach state farm , where participants were able to experience digital solutions in practice.

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The application potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fields of agriculture, forestry and nutrition is far greater than previously realized. Practical applications have already begun to revolutionize the industry.

In the course of the event series " Forschungsland Bayern - Hier wächst Wissen " at hbw | Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft in Munich, the participants experienced valuable impulses and perspectives on the topic of AI and innovative research projects of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism were presented. In cooperation with the Kompetenz-Netzwerk Digitale Landwirtschaft Bayern (KNeDL) and the vbw - Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e. V., valuable insights into AI from the business world were presented and supplemented with inspiring experience reports from everyday agricultural life.

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For this purpose, as part of the Cross-Cluster Project WECLA , the New Materials Cluster, the Nutrition Cluster, the Bavarian Chemistry Cluster, the Additive Manufacturing Coordination Center and the Bavarian Digital Agriculture Competence Network have gathered knowledge on emerging fields of technology in order to highlight their background and potential applications.

The aim of this project is to describe alternative technologies and developments and to provide impetus for future areas of application and developments.

Vertical farming could be an innovative concept to support agricultural production in urban or climatically challenging areas.

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The Project RegioPool aims to facilitate the use of different platforms. Regional and direct marketers who offer their products on several platforms are to be given the opportunity to manage their data in a central pool or to import/export their data to various apps and platforms in a user-friendly way. One of the advantages of this is that users do not have to make changes to their offers or contact details individually in each application and. Information on companies and products is thus securely linked.

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The Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs is supporting ten Bavarian municipalities as part of the "Kommunal? Digital!". This involves implementing digital and sustainable projects in the smart city/smart region sector. Particular attention is paid to the transferability of the solutions developed.

The Bavarian Digital Agriculture Competence Network supports the market town of Ergoldsbach in Lower Bavaria as a scientific partner and technology networker. Ergoldsbach, for example, developed a communal climate, information, warning and alarm system (KliWAS) . This system uses IoT sensors to locally record climate extremes such as heavy rain, drought and heat. If critical measured values are exceeded, citizens and emergency services are automatically alerted via app, text message and phone calls.

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The Bavarian state government is focusing on the targeted use of digital technologies to overcome future challenges. The overarching goal is to create equal living conditions and working conditions in urban and rural areas by promoting digital skills in all sections of the population. In cooperation with experts from business, science, administration and civil society, around 200 measures were developed in seven fields of action.

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The Digital Agriculture Competence Network is always happy to be able to draw on the expertise and networks of experienced industry leaders from the agricultural sector.

We would like to thank Philipp Horsch, Managing Director of HORSCH Maschinen GmbH , who supported us for two years as economic spokesperson with his expertise on innovative agriculture.

His successor is Thomas Muhr , CEO of geo-concept . He brings his experience and impulses as a land and data economist to our work.

The committee is completed by Prof. Dr. Jörg Dörr , from the TU Kaiserslautern , who will continue his work as scientific spokesperson.

We look forward to working with you and your ideas and suggestions.

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This year, second place in the Bavarian Digital Prize B.Digital 2023 was presented to Andreas Dörr by Judith Gerlach, the Minister of State for Digital Affairs in Munich until 2023.

Andreas Dörr uses state-of-the-art agricultural technology on his farm and is actively involved in knowledge transfer, particularly among young people and in politics. He is part of the KNeDL network and has implemented a digital farm twin with the support of ESRI and the KNeDL.

If you would also like to implement ideas, visions for the future or digital projects, please get in touch!

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>> Presentation of the Digital Twin by Andreas Dörr

The AgriFood Alliance is a network of AgriFood organizations , including associations, hubs, accelerators, incubators and sponsors in the DACHLI area. Its focus is on food system transformation. Originally launched by the German Agrifood Society (GAFS) and the European Institute for Innovation & Technology in Food (EIT Food), the alliance aims to jointly initiate a transformation of the food system . As an informal association, the AgriFood Alliance acts as a collective to represent interests.

An important aspect of the work of the competence network is the support and networking of business, science and practical agriculture . To this end, we observe and survey the players in the digital agriculture scene and make these competencies visible.

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