Policy brief – Rolling out the Common European Agricultural Data Space

The “Agridataspace” preparatory action has concluded its activities and delivered recommendations for the roll-out of the Common European Agricultural Data Space (CEADS).

The AgriDataSpace project aimed at paving the way for a Common European Agricultural data space (CEADS) that facilitates data sharing, processing, and analysis in a secured, trusted, transparent and responsible manner. Deployment should lead to an increase in the sector’s performance and boost data-driven innovations – both on the private and public side. The CEADS, originally announced under the European Strategy for Data, will be an asset for accelerating the twin digital and green transitions in the sector, for the reduction of administrative burdens, and providing the foundation for the application of powerful, newly emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.

A policy brief (.pdf) outlines the proposed approach for the data space, as it regards governance and business models, and the blueprint for a technical reference architecture. In addition to discussing the enabling framing conditions, the document particularly reflects on how the different stakeholders can contribute to the implementation of the data space: policy-makers at EU and national levels, sectoral organisations, including farmers’ and producers’ organisations and cooperatives, industry, especially agricultural machinery manufacturers, and innovators, such as start-ups.

The AgriDataSpace project was financed under the Digital Europe Programme with a budget of 2 million EUR. Fifteen partners rooted in the EU data space ecosystem, representing 10 countries, were involved: leading research institutes, agriculture data intermediaries, and industry associations.

A follow-up deployment action to roll-out the data space will be launched early 2025. Dedicated information will be published on this website.