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SMALLDERS is participating in FOODOPS 2025!
We are pleased to announce that the SMALLDERS project will participate in FOODOPS 2025, an international workshop focused on the modeling, simulation, and optimization of
SMALLDERS workshops at Azienda Sperimentale Stuard in Parma, Italy
As part of the Italian testbed, several workshops were held from March 26 to June 25, 2025, with small farmers at Azienda Sperimentale Stuard. These
SMALLDERS workshop at Ca’ Magre in Isola della Scala, Italy – June 13th, 2025
On June 13th, 2025, the Italian team of the SMALLDERS project held a workshop with small farmers at Ca’ Magre in Isola della Scala. The
SMALLDERS meeting with the transport company in Italy – June 13th, 2025
On June 13th, 2025, the Italian team of the SMALLDERS project held a workshop with the transport company Zamboni Transervice to explore and test the
SMALLDERS Technical Workshop in Tunisia – May 27, 2025
On May 27th, 2025, the Tunisian team of the SMALLDERS project held a technical workshop bringing together key local stakeholders in the agricultural sector. The
SMALLDERS at MACFRUT 2025 – Rimini, Italy
On May 6th, 2025, the partners of the SMALLDERS project took part in a dedicated workshop held during the MACFRUT 2025 event in Rimini, Italy.
Training on the use of the innovative SMALLDERS platform for citizens
On May 9, 2025, the Tunisian team of the SMALLDERS project had the pleasure of organizing a technical workshop dedicated to our colleagues and students
🚀 Technical Workshop – May 9, 2025 | Faculty of Sciences of Tunis
We are organizing a technical training workshop on how to use the SMALLDERS platform, dedicated to citizens as key stakeholders in the agri-food supply chain.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
New enabling methodologies and technologies are essential for the survival of a number of smallholders throughout the entire Mediterranean and EU area.Our research activities are devoted to:
1 Advanced operational scenario
2 Web-App and Mobile App technologies, Artificial Intelligence, new Business Models,
Blockchain technology, Multi-Capitals Sustainability and Simulation
3 Conceptualize an architecture where the different segments responds
4 Develop an ICT platform prototype “the SMALLDERS platform”
5 Creating experimentations testbeds localized in different countries
The overall objective of the project is to carry out basic research as well as industrial research and development activities with the aim of identifying a framework that encompass innovative strategies, methodologies, technologies and business models to increase the resilience of small-scale farms in the Mediterranean area, to effectively and efficiently face unexpected and disruptive events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SMALLDERS
What are SMALLDERS’s specific objectives ?
Increasing saleability and perceived value of smallholder products
coping with the
shortage of workforce
Increasing the farm
production efficiency
Increasing smallholder
products traceability, quality,
safety and perceived value
Increasing the Multi-Capital
Sustainability of Smallholders
processes.
WHY SMALLDERS ?
Decrease inefficiencies and barriers to market access
Ensure incomes to smallholders facing COVID-19 like crises
Increase in mitigation capability
Greater efficiency and sustainability in processes and the use of resources
Increase profitability via either or both the reduction of production costs or/and
the increase of quality
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