[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Australia” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” heading_line=”no_line” heading_icon=”stmicon-smile” heading_icon_pos=”bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1586276365561{margin-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Several strong points make Australia the ideal place for innovative Earth Observation (EO) technologies in the agricultural sector:
- Copernicus and EO-based services can better support sustainable use of strategic resources and farm management decisions, in tandem informing policy implementation,
- the advanced level of adoption of new technology (sensors, computers, electronic controllers) by farmers and, agriculture in general, Australia has a highly skilled and innovative farming community
- the urgent need to match agricultural productivity with environmental concerns
- the leading position of Australia in EO research and technology and the interest of EO-based business sector in Europe to find synergies within the Australian market.
COALA provides irrigation and nutrient requirements from farm to district scale
[/stm_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][stm_icon_box content_pos=”center” min_height=”220″ style=”style_5″ title=”HOW”]By using Earth observations from ESA Sentinel 2 Satellite and Data and Information Access Service (DIAS) infrastructure[/stm_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][stm_icon_box content_pos=”center” min_height=”220″ style=”style_5″ title=”WHO”]Exploiting synergies among European and Australian Research institution and SMEs [/stm_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” el_class=”mbc” css=”.vc_custom_1495772591940{margin-bottom: 60px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Project’s Goals” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” heading_line=”no_line” heading_icon=”stmicon-smile” heading_icon_pos=”bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1607340608999{margin-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][stm_icon icon_color=”custom” icon_align=”center” height=”67″ icon=”stmicon-consulting_scholar” icon_custom_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text]More then 50
Stakeholders involvement
Up to 6
Service platform components to develop
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Pilot cases deployment
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][stm_icon icon_color=”custom” icon_align=”center” height=”61″ icon=”fas fa-business-time” icon_custom_color=”#ffffff” css=”.vc_custom_1587638703050{margin-top: 6px !important;}”][vc_column_text]2
Sustainable business
models
Developing EO Methodology which integrates space and non-space inputs.
It aims to establish a sustainable supply chain for innovative EO services to improve water and nutrient management and potential yield estimation from Basin scale to farmer scale
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It aims to openly validate and demonstrate the commercial value of COALA services to a wider user/client community, achieving a high level of acceptance from users.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1495773732957{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #e1e2e4 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #e1e2e4 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #e1e2e4 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #e1e2e4 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][stm_icon icon_align=”center” height=”97″ icon=”fas fa-file-invoice-dollar” css=”.vc_custom_1587639407522{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Objective 3″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1586276408367{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1587639224583{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]Business Development.
Define the business model of the COALA service platform, demonstrate and validate its case with users and elaborate a tailored business plan for its sustainable operation and market uptake beyond the end of the project.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” stm_parallax=”enable” shadow_x_offset=”0″ shadow_y_offset=”0″ shadow_blur=”0″ shadow_spread=”0″ shadow_color=”” css=”.vc_custom_1588234001795{margin-bottom: 40px !important;padding-top: 66px !important;padding-bottom: 55px !important;background-image: url(https://lucar155.sg-host.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20160516_154532-scaled.jpg?id=3060) !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Expected results” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” heading_line=”no_line” heading_icon=”stmicon-smile” heading_icon_pos=”bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1586276620401{margin-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][stm_icon_box icon=”stmicon-chart” content_pos=”center” icon_pos=”center” icon_size=”99″ min_height=”220″ style=”style_6″ css=”.vc_custom_1607340671734{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Deploy on Data and Information Access Service (DIAS) environment that provide a continuous flow of EO-assisted information in the pilot use cases.[/stm_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][stm_icon_box icon=”stmicon-rain” content_pos=”center” icon_pos=”center” icon_size=”78″ min_height=”220″ style=”style_6″]Pre-operational services established that provide a continuous flow of EO-assisted services for different users[/stm_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][stm_icon_box icon=”stmicon-woo_cart” content_pos=”center” icon_pos=”center” icon_size=”99″ min_height=”220″ style=”style_6″ css=”.vc_custom_1607340762906{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Create the new product identity, build the brand, design the strategy and develop the marketing and policy activities that will introduce COALA solutions to its targeted customers[/stm_icon_box][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]