Smart Agriculture & Bioeconomy DIH – Building Smart Farming and Bioeconomy Competence in Central Finland

A systematic integration of agrology student assets (degree
programs) and agricultural end-users (training & technology
adoption) in the process of RDI and adoption of Smart Farming Technology
(SFT) is an increasingly important motivator for rural SMEs and
agrifood companies to invest in, or collaborate with, regional DIHs and
competence centres that are part of educational RDI organisations.

In
this process, current competences are strengthened and enabled, future
experts and end-users are educated and formed, and suppliers & users
of technology are being linked efficiently. Here we aim at widening the
scope of our DIH strategy by actively building on these perceived
multi-actor synergies to achieve an improved, continuous, and sustained
process of SFT enablement and adoption across sectors and generations.

We
refine our strategy by a) explicitly integrating above mentioned target
groups into current service portfolio and b) add specific services to
support and develop cross-sectoral and -generational synergies. Measures
are based on involvement and interactions of students, end-users and
corporate stakeholders in Ecosystem Building, Technology & Adoption
and Business.