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From border to bridge: The story of Klatovy’s Innovation Hub

1 Apr 2026 • Markéta Kollerová

Where the forests of Šumava meet the Bavarian Forest, the landscape tells an old story, one of borders. But today, a new story is taking shape.And its centre is Klatovy. A small town, close to both P

AI-Driven Short Food Supply Chains: The Field2Fork AI Hub Project Launches in Foggia

31 Mar 2026 • Field2Fork AI Hub team

An important co-design session for the future of local agriculture recently took place in Foggia. The focus group, organized by the DARe Puglia technological cluster in collaboration with EXO, brough

ARISE reaches mid-term milestone with public platform now online in Sierra y Mancha Conquense

A live prototype now connects heritage discovery, route planning, local businesses and digital guidance in the ARISE pilot territory.

23 Mar 2026 • Obsidian Innovation Institute

ARISE - Archaeological Routes for Inclusive Synergy & Entrepreneurship in Sierra y Mancha Conquense - has reached an important mid-term milestone with the launch of its public digital platform. I

Digital services for the Rural Events and Activities ecosystem are under development for the Mallusjoki pilot region

16 Mar 2026 • Avoin Ry, Otso Valta

A mockup by Annika Katter. Activity Map and Calendar is one of the services under development as part of the Avoin Map project for the Mallusjoki pilot region. One of the services currently being

Creating Synergies to Support Malta’s Green and Digital Farming Transition

Potential Synergies with Greenfit Project

11 Mar 2026 • Maria Elena Muscat , Kayleigh Farrugia

Supporting greener farming in Malta through digital skills and practical trainingTowards the end of February 2026, the PoliRuralPlus Malta Pilot 9 Team at AcrossLimits participated in the GreenFit Pr

Sustainable farming in Kythera

Keeping biodiversity alive while making farms viable again

3 Feb 2026 • DASK team (Develop Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)

Kythera’s agriculture has always been a balancing act between scarcity and ingenuity. The island’s land is often described as barren and low yield, yet it has supported generations of farmers and liv

People – Place Bond: Mallusjoki and the bond between people and place

What makes a place feel like home?

5 Dec 2025 • Tuula Löytty, Smart & Lean Hub Oy, Finland and Mallusjoki Youth Association

This short documentary explores the deep bond between people and the places they inhabit through the story of Mallusjoki, a rural village in Finland. The video follows the themes of place attachment

Farming with Nature – Smart Water, Smarter Communities

MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon - Malta

30 Nov 2025 • Maria Elena Muscat, Christian Borg, Neil Tirchett

As climate stress intensifies, Malta’s farmers face an old problem in urgent new ways: how to grow more with less water. At the MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon, two teams approached this challenge from com

Local First – Using AI to Strengthen Malta’s Local Food Markets - Winning Idea

MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon - Malta

29 Nov 2025 • Maria Elena Muscat, Christian Borg, Neil Tirchett

When it comes to supporting local farmers, demand matters as much as supply. The winning concept of the MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon, Go(v) Local First, proposed a simple but transformative idea:Governmen

From Soil to Society – Rethinking Access to Agricultural Land in Malta

MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon - Malta

28 Nov 2025 • Maria Elena Muscat, Christian Borg, Neil Tirchett

In Malta, where every patch of fertile land is precious, the challenge of access to agricultural land is as much social and economic as it is environmental. During the MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon, part o