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The "ELSA Scan: Supporting Responsible AI and IoT Development in Agriculture" training webinar introduces the ‘Evaluation of Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects (ELSA Scan) service’, developed within agrifoodTEF. AI and data-driven technologies hold great promise for agriculture, but they also raise questions about transparency, bias, data privacy, safety, and societal impact. The ELSA Scan helps developers address these issues early in the design process through a structured evaluation based on surveys and interviews. Participants will learn how the service identifies key ELSA aspects and provides high-level recommendations that improve ethical technologies, ensure legal compliance, and increase societal acceptance. The provided materials are the slides presented during the event.

This report serves as the second annual update on the progress made in identifying and cataloging simulation and remotisation tools utilised by project partners. It introduces the concepts and tools that are evaluated and used within AgrifoodTEF. These tools are essential for creating, visualising, and manipulating virtual models of agrifood systems, as well as for enabling remote control and monitoring of agricultural processes. This report is the first annual report of the agrifoodTEF project, and it aims to showcase the outcomes of the work done on the simulation and remotisation tools during the first year of the project. The report is part of deliverable 2.4, which corresponds to task 2.3 of the project. The report intends to provide a comprehensive overview of the simulation and remotisation tools of the agrifoodTEF project, as well as to demonstrate their value and potential for enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and resilience of the agrifood sector. This will mainly be done by collecting information and statistics from the infrastructure that will be provided by task 2.1. The report will be updated and extended in the following years, as the project progresses, and new results are obtained.

This report details the findings and methodologies related to the simulation and remotisation tools utilized within the AgrifoodTEF project. The Simulation Software section provides an overview of various tools, including their functionalities and applications, supported by case studies that illustrate their effectiveness in agricultural contexts. The Remotisation Software section similarly explores tools that facilitate remote control and monitoring of agricultural processes, detailing their integration and practical use cases.

Deliverable D2.5 provides an overview of the current digital services offered by partners in the context of WP2 activities. Specifically, a bird’s eye view analysis of the distribution of services across physical, digital and conformity-related services is provided to contextualize the larger picture surrounding the offering of digital services. Then, in Sections 2 and 3, digital services delivered as of 2023 and future/planned digital services are presented, as these will ultimately shape the implementation of the AgrifoodTEF digital infrastructure.

This document provides a snapshot of the status of AgrifoodTEF’s digital services at the end of the second year of the project. The contents of this Deliverable are focused on the activities performed in 2024 to provide digital services to European companies. They depict a significantly more advanced situation with respect to the previous version of this document, published at the end of 2023 and briefly recalled by Section 2. The advancements of 2024 are highlighted and analysed in Section 3.

This deliverable provides a comprehensive analysis of the standards and regulations applicable to the agrifood domain, with a focus on their relevance to AI-based solutions. Building on this analysis, the document maps these standards and regulations to the services offered within AgrifoodTEF, highlighting gaps and opportunities for alignment. This report will be periodically updated to reflect the evolving landscape of standards and regulations, the development of new project services, and the implementation of actions to address identified gaps, thereby broadening the coverage of applicable standards and regulations.

The AgrifoodTEF project offers Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects (ELSA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) services in order to support the transition from innovative AI solutions to successful market applications in the agri-food sector. This report explores the current ELSA research and demonstrates how LCA may complement ELSA to promote the responsible development and deployment of AI technologies. It explores the ELSA and LCA services under the AgrifoodTEF service catalogue and outlines the purpose and impact of these services. ELSA services help address ethical, legal, and social challenges while ensuring compliance with regulations and fostering human-centred design. LCA services evaluate and optimise the environmental impact of technologies, supporting sustainability goals. Together, these services have the potential to enable a comprehensive approach to responsible innovation by evaluating ethical, legal, and societal aspects as well as environmental considerations. The report also highlights the potential for developing more comprehensive ELSA services that consider ethical, legal and social aspects more in-depth and with quadruple helix stakeholder workshops to enhance collaboration and inclusivity.

This document describes the Onboarding Procedures to be followed in agrifoodTEF to enable the provision of services. The step-by-step procedure is meant to assist Consortium Members in the process of assessing whether a third-party organisation, external to the project, satisfies the requirements for accessing an agrifoodTEF service. This results in the selection of candidate customers being regulated by clear rules.