PestNu is funded under Horizon 2020 Innovation Actions (Grant Agreement 101037128) and targets the field -testing and demonstration of digital and space based technologies (DST) and agro-ecological and organic practices (AOP) under a systemic approach to reduce the pesticides and fertilisers use, and loss of nutrients. The consortium, led by the research centre CERTH/ITI, is made up by 20 companies and research institutes from Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and UK.

The consortium brings novel DST that include AI robotic traps for real time pest monitoring; Autonomous mobile robots for pesticide monitoring and 3D spot spraying; Earth Observation missions with robust Agroradar AI algorithms to map soil/plant nutrients and pest plant inputs; and in-situ and real-time nutrient analysers. The AOP include on-site production of biofertilisers from agricultural waste-waters; a novel foliar biopesticide formulated by circular bioeconomy operations; and advanced nutritional programs for organic farming. These solutions will be demonstrated and tested in aquaponic and hydroponic greenhouse and open-field vegetable cultivation in Greece and Spain. All these systemic approaches will be performed under a strong collaboration among all the Farm to Fork stakeholders and European Commission services.

TelLab’s contribution:

TelLab will lead the deployment and scale up of in-situ and real-time nutrient analysers with low cost, low power pumping solutions and with robust web-based portals to enable nutrient sensor networks.

For more details, please go to the PestNu project webpage and the Aquamonitrix website.