FAIRshare Dataset

RAÍCES.info

experiences media training sustainability advisors digitization train the trainers

Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers2020

RAÍCES.info is a collaborative digital platform, promoted by UPA, whose mission is to help young men and women in their process of incorporation into the agricultural and forestry sector, providing training and socialization elements that guide and motivate them so that the performance of its activity is carried out in a more efficient and sustainable way. "Young Farmers Network Operational Group. PNDR-2019 Operational Groups of the National Rural Development Program. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Government of Spain"

Countries

  • Spain

Languages

  • Spanish

Website

https://raices.info/

Cost

Free

License

Unknown

Categories

  • Text, mobile phones, email
  • Social media
  • Real time monitoring & Decision support
  • Training, learning
  • E-applications & Regulations

Target groups

  • Farmers/Cooperatives
  • Agronomists/Advisory services
  • Suppliers

Sectors

  • All agricultural sectors

Modes of delivery

  • Web app
  • Mobile app

Source of data

  • Technical 3rd party services
  • Administrative 3rd party services

Required ICT skills

Low

Benefits

  • Increase of productivity
  • Improvement of yield quality
  • Optimization of resources use
  • Environmental protection
  • Biodiversity preservation
  • Increase of profit/farm income
  • Minimization of input costs
  • Efficient strategy planning
  • Effective operational management
  • Financial assessment / Reporting
  • Task scheduling / Time management
  • Labour saving / Limit stress / Increase farmer’s leisure time
  • Limit human exposure to chemicals
  • Limit number or severity of property damage and related accidents
  • Limit number or severity of human injuries
  • Compliance records management
  • Better interaction between farmer and advisor
  • Control of animal health problems
  • Enhanced adaptation & resilience to climate change

Challenges addressed

  • Plant protection management
  • Water management
  • Nutrition/Fertilisation management
  • Improving animal care
  • Livestock stock management (movements/health/fertility/production)
  • Livestock feed and resource management
  • Livestock Green House Gas (GHG) measurement and management
  • Compliance with legislation and standards
  • CAP management
  • Strategic planning
  • Finance and budgeting
  • Operational management focus
  • Post-harvest management
  • Harvest prediction
  • Logistics
  • Markets and sales
  • Sustainable food production and healthy diets
  • Work safety

Resources