Life AIs - See & Save

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"Experiencing the devastating effects climate change and biodiversity loss, it is clear that significant change is needed now. In Life-AIs, the agricultural machinery manufacturer FEDE, and the agricultural IT service provider AGERPIX join forces to “See”, crop characteristics with the help of 3D stereo vision and AI post processing. In the sequel, information is used to adjust crop management practices and agricultural machinery accordingly, and therewith significantly “Save” on the agricultural inputs: Pesticides, Fertilizer, Water, and Tractor Diesel. Aligned with Green Deal, Farm-2-Fork and LIFE objectives, Life-AIs - See & Save is deployed at three demo farms in grape, olive, and pistachio production. Input and knowhow for it’s inherent early disease detection system comes from Wageningen University & Research. Large scale, cross-sector, and cross-country replication is initiated during the 54 months duration, reaching three years later already 112 457 hectares. Mapping agronomic input savings to LIFE Programme KPIs, shows that over 604 Tn of Greenhouse gases savings can be materialized during the project, with savings quickly rising to 3 225 Tn annually afterwards. Therewith Life-AIs See & Save is set to produce a tripple-win, contributing to farming efficiency, to a healthy planet, and sustainable wealth and job creation, strictly following the motto: Life-AIs: See & Save! Partner 5.AGROSAO (888453847), as well as its Affiliated entities 5.2 EUROSEM (885987622) and 5.1 REYES (888454817) have voluntarily decided to leave the consortium due to difficulties to comply with all their foreseen project tasks and obligations. No payment has been made to any of the leaving partners from the side of the coordinator,1. FEDE, and a contract (uploaded as the ""Opinion letter of the leaving beneficiary"") was signed between the coordinator and the leaving partners in which they mutually agree to not claim anything to the other side. This contract was signed on the 15th of March 2023. The official exit date of 5.AGROSAO, 5.1.REYES and 5.2.EUROSEM is set to ""The entry into force of the Amendment."" Moreover, to carry on with the project without major impact/delays, FEDE has on an interim level taken over some of the leaving parties´ tasks. An amendment request has been prepared in which the newly found partner AGROPTIMUM (881437449) takes over the remaining leaving parties´ tasks until project end. The effective starting date of 6.AGROPTIMUM as new consortium member is established as ""The entry into force of the Amendment."""