Center for Innovation and Business Development

Project aim: ClieNFarms aims to demonstrate, evaluate and improve technical, organizational and financial solutions at the farm level that will contribute to achieving climate-neutrality of European agriculture by 2050.
About the project: In order to reduce GHG-emissions by at least 50% by 2050 compared with 1990 levels and increases carbon sequestration and storage a strong systemic approach is required. Different single solutions exist for different production systems, but if one wants to break the glass ceiling new organizational, technical and financial solutions are requested. These solutions have to be supported by voluntarist policies. ClieNFarms is based on 20 demonstration case studies (I3S) where systemic innovative solutions will be tested and evaluated using up-to-date modeling approaches and multicriteria assessment tools. These case-studies will pave the diversity of the production systems (crops, cattle, dairy, special crop productions, etc.) and the diversity of geographical situations (from East to West and North to South of Europe, plus one in New-Zealand). The solutions will be co-designed with farmers and the surrounding ecosystem (R&amp;D, finance, supply chain, etc.) through creative arena in a living-lab like structure. Involving finance and supply chain will help creating an enabling environment for farmers transition to climate-neutral farms. I3S structure aims to allow for 1 demonstration farm to reach 10 lead commercial farms and then 100 outreach farms. With the help of the supply a much larger number of farmers will be reached. All the solutions will be recorded in the ClieNFarms data hub that will be an open catalog for everyone interested in climate mitigation in the agricultural sector. Different guidelines and tools will be part of the outputs of the projects. A large dissemination of the results project will be made through professional newspapers, scientific articles, social networks, etc. ClieNFarms will also develop bricks for capacity building allowing to show in a short sequence pros and cons of the different solutions and tools. ClieNFarms will create a dialog with other on-going project and with the EC. ClieNFarms gather 33 partners and will last 4 years.
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Milica Trajković

Marija Milić obtained a BSc degree in International Relations and European integration at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade. She successfully finished her internship at the European Affairs Fund of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in 2022. During that one-year internship period, she had the opportunity to gain experience working on EU programmes and projects, organizing different types of events, and participating in several training courses. The training course ‘Possibilities for Financing through the EU Funds’ gave her base knowledge for further engagement in EU programmes and projects. Marija joined the BioSense Institute in October 2022 as a Project Management Assistant, working on communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities on H2020 and HE projects.

Marija Milić

Since 2022, Nenad Lukić has been employed as Project Manager at the Center for Innovation and Business Development. He completed his Batchelor and Master's studies at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Department of Landscape Architecture. After graduating, he worked at national and international projects in the civil sector, mainly related to environmental issues and education in the field of project management. Afterwards, he gained business experience working in the Serbian IT industry where he managed business projects related to the topic of human resources and the domestic labor market. Since 2020, he is certified Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute. He is currently employed at the international projects like "<a href="https://biosens.rs/en/projects/networking-european-farms-to-enhance-cross-fertilisation-and-innovation-uptake-through-demonstration-2">Nefertiti</a>", "<a href="https://biosens.rs/en/projects/clienfarms-climate-neutral-farms-2">ClieNFarms</a>" and "<a href="https://biosens.rs/en/projects/codecs-maximising-the-co-benefits-of-agricultural-digitalisation-through-conducive-digital-ecosystems">CODECS</a>" which aim is to spread innovation in the agricultural sector, and reduce its impact on the environment.

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Nenad Lukić

Ms. Milica Trajkovic (F) is a certified PMI project manager professional (PMP), experienced in EU funded projects focused on Digital Agriculture and development of ICTs for AgriFood value chain. As a Head of Business Development Department, she is responsible for building new and maintaining fruitful partnership network of the Institute both with industry and academia in Serbia and across Europe. Milica manages multi-national and cross-sectoral consortia, supports Institute in new project preparations (from an idea to design and proposal establishment) and brings AgTech market trends closer to the BioSense scientists. One of her goals is to foster entrepreneurial mentality among Institutes’ employees and support them in their own entrepreneurship endeavors. In addition, she facilitates business acceleration for high-tech startups, SMEs and web entrepreneurs from the region with the main aim to bring start-up tech community closer to the AgriFood sector.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 101036822.



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Research and innovation at BioSense is developed in a close interaction with farmers and the agrifood sector, government bodies, entrepreneurs and business community, international researchers, and citizens. We work together to create a new generation of open innovations which will be readily used, and which will bring benefits across the entire value-chain.

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As a meeting place for all the relevant stakeholders, we have established PA4ALL – Precision Agriculture Living Lab. This is the first living laboratory in Serbia and one of the first in Europe to focus on precision agriculture. PA4ALL takes full advantage of inter-sectoral cross-fertilization of ideas and offers possibilities to test ideas and prototypes in the real-world setting.

Over the last 5 years, PA4ALL has been placing an increasing emphasis on the importance of multi-actor and transdisciplinary projects. Since Living Labs provides a meeting point for true engagement of diverse groups of actors in joint research and innovation, PA4ALL based its activities on educating its community on precision agriculture, motivating end-users to test and validate the IT innovations and ensuring their adoption among various stakeholders. It is, therefore, not surprising that PA4ALL strives to even change the curriculum in high-school education in order to cultivate the knowledge on precision agriculture in the society.

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PA4ALL activities are bridging the gap between the leisurely changing public sector and modern technologies which are modifying the way agriculture is perceived today. By reinforcing co-creation and multi-stakeholder participation, PA4ALL is not only gradually widening its network but also encouraging and supporting new Living Labs which emerged in the region in the meantime. In addition to the above-mentioned, throughout the Living Lab approach, PA4ALL plans to create a future network of actors who are expected to closely cooperate in the field of agroecology, which is a new concept thriving to become a pivotal change in the way agriculture production impacts the environment.

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It is relevant to mention that PA4ALL also encourages the academy to engage more with the users of research, industry, government, and other relevant actors in order to implement precision agriculture in real-life decision-making processes. One of the methods mostly used for the purpose of implementing Living Lab approaches among the research community is RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation. RRI involves engaging the communities affected by innovation and ensuring that they have the knowledge necessary to understand the implications by furthering science education which is exactly PA4ALL’s main goal for the future.

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BioSense provides the connecting link in the value chain by:

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-  Promoting the use of advanced ICT technologies to local farmers and assisting them in improving their performance and complying with environmental regulations;

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- Developing win-win synergies with agri-business support companies of the region (providers of fertilizers, pesticides, consulting services), that currently consist the most agile and motivated link in the value chain, since they have both direct access to farmers and clear motives to introduce advanced technologies as complimentary services to their existing portfolio;

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-  Encouraging the local ICT sector to move towards a paradigm-shift, namely from a strategy based on outsourcing that simply exploits the relative low wage costs of developers, to one that is based upon the competitive strengths of the entire regional eco-system and the exploitation of own solutions, with significantly higher added value.

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-  The introduction of ICT subject in high schools specialized in agriculture and educating younger generations on the implications which arise from AgTech will increase the awareness of the relationship between technology and agriculture and therefore make agriculture more attractive to younger generations.

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ClieNFarms-Climate Neutral Farms

Centar za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja

Cilj projekta: ClieNFarms ima za cilj da demonstrira, proceni i unapredi tehnička, organizaciona i finansijska rešenja na nivou farme koja će doprineti postizanju klimatske neutralnosti evropske poljoprivrede do 2050. godine.
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O projektu: Da bi se smanjila emisija gasova staklene bašte za najmanje 50% do 2050. godine u poređenju sa vrednostima iz 1990. godine i povećala sekvestracija i skladištenje ugljenika, potreban je snažan sistemski pristup. Za različite proizvodne sisteme postoje različita pojedinačna rešenja, ali je potrebno je naći pristup koji obuhvata nova organizaciona, tehnička i finansijska rešenja. Ova rešenja moraju biti podržana od strane volonterskih organizacija. ClieNFarms je zasnovan na 20 demonstracionih studija slučaja (I3S) gde će sistemska inovativna rešenja biti testirana i evaluirana korišćenjem savremenih pristupa modeliranju i alata za procenu sa više kriterijuma. Ove studije slučaja će osigurati raznolikost proizvodnih sistema (poljoprivredne kulture, goveda, mlečni proizvodi, proizvodnja specijalnih useva, itd.) i raznolikost geografskih regiona (od istoka ka zapadu i severa do juga Evrope, uz jedan na Novom Zelandu). Rešenja će biti dizajnirana u saradnji sa farmerima i okolnim ekosistemima (istraživanje i razvoj, finansije, lanac snabdevanja, itd.) kroz kreativnu arenu u strukturi nalik živoj laboratoriji (living lab). Uključivanje finansija i lanca snabdevanja će pomoći u stvaranju povoljnog okruženja za prelazak farmera na klimatski neutralne farme. I3S struktura ima za cilj da omogući da 1 demonstraciona farma dopre do 10 vodećih komercijalnih farmi, a zatim do 100 terenskih farmi. Uz pomoć lanca snabdevanja (nabavke) doći će do mnogo većeg broja poljoprivrednika. Sva rešenja će biti deo ClieNFarms Data hub-a koji će biti u formi otvorenog kataloga za sve zainteresovane za ublažavanje klimatskih promena u poljoprivrednom sektoru. Različite smernice, uputstva i alati će biti deo rezultata projekata. Velika diseminacija rezultata projekta će se vršiti kroz stručne novine, naučne članke, društvene mreže, itd. ClieNFarms će takođe razviti smernice za izgradnju kapaciteta koji će omogućiti da u kratkom periodu pokaže prednosti i nedostatke različitih rešenja i alata. ClieNFarms će kreirati dijalog sa drugim projektima koji su u toku i sa Evropskom Komisijom. ClieNFarms okuplja 33 partnera i trajaće 4 godine.

Marija Milić radi kao menadžer na projektima u Centru za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja. Diplomirala je međunarodnu politiku i evropske integracije na Fakultetu političkih nauka, Univerziteta u Beogradu. Uspešno je završila jednogodišnju radnu praksu u Fondu “Evropski poslovi” APV, gde je imala priliku da stekne iskustvo radeći na projektima koji su finansirani iz fondova Evropske unije. Tokom trajanja prakse završila je kurs “Mogućnosti finansiranja putem EU fondova” koji joj je pružio osnovu za dalje usavršavanje u oblasti programa i projekata EU. U oktobru 2022. godine pridružuje se timu instituta BioSens, gde nastavlja svoju karijeru radeći prvenstveno na projetima Horizon 2020 i Horizon Europe, u okviru kojih radi na aktivnostima komunikacije i disiminacije.

Nenad Lukić je od 2022. godine zaposlen na poziciji Projekt menadžera u Centru za Inovacije i razvoj poslovanja. Završio je osnovne i master studije na Poljoprivrednom fakultetu, Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, smer za pejzažnu arhitekturu. Nakon studija radio je na nacionalnim i međunarodinm projektima u civilnom sektoru, uglavnom vezanim za teme životne sredine i edukacije iz oblasti upravljanja projektima. Višegodišnje biznis iskustvo stekao je radeći u domaćoj IT industriji gde je rukovodio poslovnim poduhvatima vezanim za sektor ljudskih resursa i domaće tržište rada. Od 2020-e godine sertifikovani je Project Management Professional od strane Project Management Instituta. Trenutno je zaposlen na međunarodnim projektima „<a href="https://biosens.rs/projects/networking-european-farms-to-enhance-cross-fertilisation-and-innovation-uptake-through-demonstration-2">Nefertiti</a>“, <a href="https://biosens.rs/projects/clienfarms-climate-neutral-farms-2">„ClieNFarms“</a> i "<a href="https://biosens.rs/projects/codecs-maximising-the-co-benefits-of-agricultural-digitalisation-through-conducive-digital-ecosystems">CODECS</a>" koji imaju za cilj širenje inovacija u agri sektoru i smanjenju njegovog uticaja na životnu sredinu.

Milica Trajković je sertifikovani projektni menadžer (Project Management Professional – PMP) od strane prestižnog Instituta za projektni menadžment (Project Management Institute), sa iskustvom u projektima finansiranim od strane Evropske Komisije u oblasti digitalne poljoprivrede i razvoja IKT sektora za poljoprivredu i industriju hrane.
Kao rukovodilac Centra za Inovacije i razvoj poslovanja, ona je odgovorna za izgradnju novih i održavanje uspešnih partnerskih veza kako sa partnerima iz industrije, tako i sa akademskom zajednicom u Srbiji i Evropi. Milica rukovodi multinacionalnim projektima koji obuhvataju nekoliko različitih industrijskih sektora; rukovodi razvojem i pisanjem novih projekata (od ideje do pisanja i realizacije projektnih aktivnosti) i pruža informacije o trendovima na AgTech tržištu istraživačima Instituta. Jedan od njenih ciljeva je snažna podrška preduzetničkim poduhvatima naučnika Instituta. Uz to, Milica podstiče razvoj visokotehnoloških stratapova, MSPP sektora iz Srbije i regiona sa osnovnim ciljem da približi tehničko-tehnološku scenu regiona poljoprovredi i industriji hrane.

Ovaj projekat je finansiran od strane Evropske Unije, iz programa za Istraživanje i Inovacije-Horizont 2020, pod sporazumom o grantu broj 101036822.


Horizont 2020

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Istraživanja i razvoj inovacija na Institutu BioSens uvek se odvijaju u saradnji sa farmerima, poljoprivrednim i vladinim sektorom, preduzetničkom i poslovnom zajednicom, međunarodnim istraživačkim centrima i građanima. Radimo zajedno u cilju stvaranja novih „otvorenih inovacija“ koje će biti lake za upotrebu i koje će doneti korist svim učesnicima u celokupnom lancu vrednosti.

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Kao mesto okupljanja svih značajnih interesnih grupa, osnovali smo „živu laboratoriju“ za preciznu poljoprivredu (eng. Precision Agriculture Living Lab – PA4ALL). Ovakva laboratorija je pionirski poduhvat u Srbiji i jedna od prvih u Evropi koja je usmerena na preciznu poljoprivredu. Spajanje ideja koje potiču iz različitih sektora i mogućnost testiranja novih rešenja i prototipova u realnim uslovima – na terenu, glavni su ciljevi PA4ALL.

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Od 2013. godine, PA4ALL stavlja sve veći akcenat na projekte koji povezuju učesnike različitih profila i više disciplina. Budući da je ideja koncepta “žive laboratorije” da stvori zajednicu orijentisanu ka istraživanju i inovacijama, PA4ALL svoje aktivnosti temelji upravo na edukaciji zajednice o preciznoj poljoprivredi i njenoj primeni. Stoga nije iznenađujuće što PA4ALL kroz svoje projekte nastoji čak i da promeni nastavni plan i program u srednjoškolskom obrazovanju kako bi se u društvu negovalo znanje o preciznoj poljoprivredi. Tako se premošćuje jaz između javnog sektora i savremenih tehnologija koje menjaju način na koji se poljoprivreda danas doživljava.

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Podstičući viziju zajedničkog stvaranja i kreativne saradnje, PA4ALL ne samo da postepeno širi svoju mrežu, već i pruža podršku novim “živim laboratorijama” koje su se u međuvremenu pojavile u regionu. Osim toga, po principu koncepta “žive laboratorije”, PA4ALL planira da stvori i ojača novu mrežu stručanjaka čiji će fokus biti oblast agroekologije, novi koncept koji podstiče ključne promene u načinu na koji poljoprivredna proizvodnja utiče na okolinu.

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Kako bi poljoprivreda u Srbiji pratila svetske trendove i koncept precizne poljoprivrede bio implementiran na što bolji način, PA4ALL se zalaže za povezivanje naučne zajednice sa krajnjim korisnicima, industrijom, vladinim sektorom i drugim relevantnim učesnicima. Jedna od metoda koja se koristi u svrhu promocije samog koncepta “žive laboratorije” u naučnim krugovima je RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) - Odgovorno istraživanje i inovacije. Ona uključuje angažovanje svih zajednica u oblasti nauke i inovacija, zajedničko stvaranje novih rezultata koji će doprineti transformaciji društva i unapređenje sistema obrazovanja, što je upravo i glavni cilj PA4ALL-a.

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Institut BioSens dodaje kariku koja nedostaje u čitavom lancu vrednosti time što:

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-  Promoviše upotrebu naprednih IKT tehnologija lokalnim poljoprivrednim proizvođačima uz konstantnu asistenciju u cilju poboljšanja njihovih performansi, uz poštovanje propisa o zaštiti životne sredine;

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- Razvija sinergiju sa kompanijama koje pružaju podršku razvoju sektora poljoprivrede u regionu (proizvođači đubriva, pesticida, pružaoci konsultantskih usluga), koji trenutno predstavljaju najagilnije i najmotivisanije igrače, s obzirom na činjenicu da imaju direktan pristup poljoprivrednim proizvođačima i jasne motive za uvođenje usluga zasnovanih na naprednim tehnologijama pored usluga koje već pružaju;

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-  Podstiče lokalni IKT sektor da menja princip na kom funkcioniše, te da svoju strategiju zasnovanu na sprovođenju operativnih aktivnosti za evropske kompanije, koje koriste prednost relativno niske cene rada inženjera, pomeri ka strategiji zasnovanoj na kompetitivnim snagama čitavog regionalnog ekosistema i eksploataciji sopstvenih rešenja (proizvoda) sa značajno većom dodatom vrednošću.

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-  Uvođenje predmeta iz oblasti informacionih tehnologija u poljoprivredi u srednje poljoprivredne škole i obrazovanje mlađih generacija o implikacijama koje proizlaze iz Agtech-a podići će svest o uskoj povezanosti tehnologije i poljoprivrede danas i stoga poljoprivredu učiniti privlačnijom za mlađe generacije.

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