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Bringing AI Closer to Farmers: How eMooJI Makes Map-Based Decisions Easier
1 Jul 2026 • Jeet Biswas, Moofind
eMooJI is Moofind’s validation project under the PoliRuralPlus ENHANCE Call, testing how JackDaw can make complex spatial data easier to use for farmers and rural stakeholders. By combining GeoAI, Ea
Putting JackDaw to the Test: Early Findings from AURA's Usability Evaluation
29 Jun 2026 • AURA project
Earlier this year, the AURA project set out to answer a deceptively simple question: can an AI chatbot built on geospatial, climatic and demographic data actually help people in Central Macedonia mak
From the Counter to the Customer’s Screen: How Digital Skills and Product Photography Power Rural E-Commerce
A hands-on DASK workshop with local producers in Chora, Kythera, shows what it takes to turn island products into sellable online listings.
24 Jun 2026 • DASK team (Develop Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)
On Saturday, 20 June 2026, a community hall in Chora, Kythera, filled with something you would not usually associate with digital transformation: jars of thyme honey, bottles of local wine and craft
MALTESE: Training in Malta turns digital tools into rural action
3 Jun 2026 • Daniel Amariei, PAMEA
A four-day training programme under PoliRuralPlus brought together young people, farmers, entrepreneurs, educators, and local stakeholders in Malta to test digital tools, explore circular agri-busine
SYLVAN-AI: Validating JackDaw GeoAI for Sustainable Forestry and Land Management in Europe
26 May 2026 • Amir A. Zadpoor, Sylvanity B.V. (ENHANCE Open Call Winner)
Navigating Complex Forestry Data Europe's forests generate vast amounts of critical information, ranging from satellite imagery and land-use records to biodiversity maps and protected-area datas
GeoEDUHealth Access Bacău: Validating JackDaw GeoAI for Territorial Accessibility in Rural Romania
19 May 2026 • Constantin Avrămescu, General Director & AI/GIS Expert, MEDIA TREND SRL | Alexandru-Norbert Droiman, Project Manager, MEDIA TREND SRL
The Context: Why Bacău County?The GeoEDUHealth Access – Bacău project is implemented by MEDIA TREND SRL as the only Romanian company selected under the ENHANCE cascade funding call within the PoliRur
LocalLinks Presented in Klatovy: A Step Toward Smarter Regional Food Systems
This blog is based on the original Czech article published by Úhlava, o.p.s..
20 Apr 2026 • LocalLinks.AI Team (DEVELOP Open Call Winner – Pilot 6, Bavaria–Czech Region)
On March 3, 2026, a regional meeting in Klatovy brought together farmers, experts, and innovators to explore how digital tools, education, and collaboration can better support agricultural practice.
Digital services for the Rural Events and Activities ecosystem are under development for the Mallusjoki pilot region
16 Mar 2026 • Avoin Ry, Otso Valta
Cover image: 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 curr
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
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