The Multiplier Event of the IMPLEMENT 4.0 project ‘Integrated Management of Pesticides and Liable Exposure with Machinery Executing Needed Treatments’, was organized on 20th October by AèV in the framework of EIMA 2021 in collaboration with ENAMA, Italian agricultural entrepreneurs’ association, AGIA, and CIA Italian Farmers. The event had a diversity of attendees varying from young farmers and agricultural technicians, with a large participation of students from the University of Salerno, and a group of manufacturers and technicians representing the sector of agricultural machinery. AèV particularly stressed the importance of integrated training between technical institutes, universities and agricultural organizations on new technologies and the correspondence of this path with the Farm to Fork strategy, focusing on innovation to achieve the difficult equation of less impact and greater production necessary to a growing world population. The role of young farmers in building and retrofitting more dynamic and resilient agricultural businesses was also highlighted but also indicated that the current transition phase towards precision agriculture needs clear prospects for the commitment of the public and private actors involved and clear and effective regulations that allow operators to plan and invest in a framework of certainties.
The Director of ENAMA Sandro Liberatori closed the event with a positive evaluation of the results of the IMPLEMENT4.0 project and a projection towards a more efficient and sustainable production system based on precision agriculture and integrated robotics.
