The PATH2DEA Open Repository - Digital Tools for Agroecology
The PATH2DEA Open Repository is an open, easy-to-use online platform that helps various user groups explore how digital tools may support real-life farms across Europe in transitioning to agroecology.
Services provided by the repository:
- An up-to -date collection of digital tools that farmers actually use
- Information on the benefits these tools bring for farm management
- Comments regarding challenges and unmet needs expressed directly by farmers
- Use-cases of six real-life showcase farms with different farming systems in various European pedoclimatic zones. Use-cases give guidance on how to apply digital tools in a way to support agroecological practices.
- Each showcase includes insights directly gathered from farmers and advisors during dedicated workshops. This section helps you understand how digital tools fit into real production systems and which solutions may be relevant in your own context.
- The explorer makes it easy to compare tools and quickly spot solutions relevant to your needs without navigating complex technical descriptions.
Whether you are a farmer, advisor, researcher, or technology developer, the repository helps you understand what works, what doesn't, and where innovation is still needed.
The PATH2DEA repository is organised into three practical sections:
1. Real Farming Examples (Showcases)
2. Digital Tools Explorer
3. Gap Explorer
- This section highlights the practical problems farmers still face that have not yet been sufficiently addressed through the use of digital tools.
The PATH2DEA Open Repository is available at: https://path2dea-repository.lifewatch.eu/
A comprehensive User Manual is located at the PATH2DEA webpage: https://www.path2dea.eu/fileadmin/path2dea/documents/User_manual_OR.pdf
Paving the Way towards Digitalisation Enabling Agroecology for European Farming Systems
Completed | 2023-2025
- Main funding source
- Horizon Europe (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Switzerland