Registrations for the first EU Agri-Hackathon are open 🙌
Shape the future of agriculture unlocking digital innovation. From reducing administrative burden to improving sustainability and strengthening transparency across the agri-food chain, innovative and digital solutions can make a real difference for Europe’s farming community..... Read More
The EU Agri-Hackathon 2026 will run fully online over 48 hours in October 2026. Teams will have access to real agricultural datasets, expert mentors, and a dedicated digital platform. No physical travel is required for the event itself. Each participating team must have between 3 - 4 members. Teams should ideally be multidisciplinary — combining different backgrounds and expertise across the focus areas.
Download the registration document here: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/circabc-ewpp/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/b2c8bc81-485f-4dd7-9505-b34bd222b6ed/download
The challenges faced by farmers today are complex and solving them requires collaboration across sectors. For the first time, the EU is bringing together farmers, developers, students, researchers, policy experts and problem-solvers to co-create solutions that respond to real, on-the-ground needs in European farming. Shape the future of agriculture unlocking digital innovation. From reducing administrative burden to improving sustainability and strengthening transparency across the agri-food chain, innovative and digital solutions can make a real difference for Europe’s farming community.
✅ 3 challenges to tackle
✅ 2 days of intensive collaboration
✅ 1 goal: simpler, more efficient farming
16–18 October · Fully online. Participants include farmers, NGOs, SMEs, MNEs, data analysts, developers, researchers, entrepreneurs, students, agri-food professionals, policy experts
Sign up for the first ever EU Agri-Hackathon and develop practical and forward-looking digital tools to support the farmers of the future responding to their concrete needs.
Register now: https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/overview-vision-agriculture-food/digitalisation/eu-agri-hackathon_en
The challenges
Participants' valuable skills are needed to contribute to a more sustainable, resilient and innovative agricultural sector in Europe. All three challenges share one ambition: simplification. EU farmers today face growing complexity, in administrative obligations, in the data their operations generate, and in the information demands placed on them across the food chain. This is an opportunity to build digital solutions that cut through that complexity and give farmers back time, clarity and control.
Challenge #1: Less time on forms, more time on farms
Goal: help farmers save time and improve efficiency.
How? Be the one developing the right digital tools by transforming manual administrative tasks into simplified and automated reporting systems, reducing the bureaucratic burden.
Challenge #2: Connect data for smarter fields
Goal: help farmers simplify how they manage and use the data their farm generates.
How? Build solutions that help farmers deal with the flood of data generated by sensors, connected machines and digital devices on their farm and turn it into clear, actionable information for everyday decisions.
Challenge #3: Flowing data, empowered collaboration
Goal: help farmers simplify how they share information and engage with value chain partners.
How? Develop solutions that streamline the flow of information between farmers and their value chain partners, reducing the reporting burden, ensuring farmers retain control of their data, and strengthening their position across the food chain.
SUSTAINAGRO
Sustainability in Rural Enterprises and Innovation
A member of the Social Innovation Stakeholders Network - www.SocialInnovationActions.Org
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