Watch the interviews with the stakeholders here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why FARMWISE Organises Stakeholder Events<\/strong> To do that, farmers, advisors, technology companies, researchers and policymakers must test ideas together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stakeholder events like the G\u00e5rdst\u00e5nga Nyg\u00e5rd workshop serve to: In short, they turn research outputs into grounded, applicable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The G\u00e5rdst\u00e5nga Nyg\u00e5rd Case: How and Why It Started<\/strong> G\u00e5rdst\u00e5nga Nyg\u00e5rd (located near Lund in Sweden) represents a real, working agricultural environment where water management, irrigation efficiency and soil resilience are not theoretical concepts but daily operational decisions. AB G\u00e5rdst\u00e5nga Nyg\u00e5rd is an active partner in the FARMWISE consortium, ensuring direct farmer involvement in tool development and validation<\/p>\n\n\n\n The case illustrates how: The question posed at the start of the day – \u201cHow and why did it all start?\u201d – anchored discussions in lived experience rather than abstraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToo Much Water \/ Too Little Water\u201d<\/strong> By placing southern Sweden in conversation with southern Europe, the workshop reinforced a core FARMWISE principle: local solutions must sit within a European systems perspective<\/p>\n\n\n\n FARMWISE Innovations in Practice<\/strong> Contributors included: The emphasis was not only on technical performance, but on how decision-support systems can meaningfully support farmers and policymakers under real constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exploring Futures in Sk\u00e5ne<\/strong> This forward-looking approach reflects FARMWISE\u2019s ambition to support long-term water policy and sustainable agricultural planning, not just short-term optimisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry and Academic Perspectives<\/strong> Gustav Nadal (Letavis) posed a provocative question: can Amovaris, a biostimulant developed by Letavis and based on a naturally occurring peptide related to oxytocin increase harvest yields sufficiently to reduce irrigation demand?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Jennie Barron (SLU Ultuna) is a leading expert in agricultural water management and climate adaptation. Her presentation highlights the urgent need for proactive water strategies to safeguard Sweden\u2019s agricultural production capacity under increasing climate variability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor emeritus H\u00e5kan Wallander (Lund University\u2019s Department of Biology) is a distinguished soil ecologist whose decades of research have deepened our understanding of soil biological processes and their role in sustainable agricultural systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Lennart Olsson is an internationally engaged researcher focused on perennial wheat and regenerative grain systems. He is a member of The Land Institute\u2019s global network advancing climate-resilient and soil-building agriculture to strengthen long-term food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Together, these sessions linked water management with soil biology, nutrient cycling and yield outcomes: reinforcing the interconnected systems approach at the heart of FARMWISE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Case Study to Scalable Impact<\/strong> By bringing quadruple helix stakeholders together: researchers, farmers, companies and policymakers, FARMWISE strengthens the pathway from research innovation to practical implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In conclusion, as climate pressures grow, events like this ensure FARMWISE solutions remain both scientifically robust and practically implementable, while delivering real socio-economic value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch the highlights on YouTube here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
FARMWISE is not developing tools in isolation. The project\u2019s core ambition is to transform agricultural resource management by combining AI, remote sensing, precision agriculture and water expertise into decision-support systems that work in real-world settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/farmwise-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Picture2-1.png\")
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\u2022 Validate FARMWISE tools against real operational needs
\u2022 Connect regional case studies across Europe
\u2022 Stress-test innovations under different climatic and regulatory contexts
\u2022 Explore scalability and upscaling potential
\u2022 Identify risks, opportunities and desired futures<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day opened with a welcome from Gustaf Ramel, introducing the G\u00e5rdst\u00e5nga Nyg\u00e5rd case: one of FARMWISE\u2019s demonstration sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/farmwise-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Picture3-1.png\")
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\u2022 Climate variability is already affecting irrigation decisions in southern Sweden
\u2022 Both excess water and drought periods create operational uncertainty
\u2022 Farm-level data must connect to basin-level water management<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most powerful sessions compared irrigation challenges across Europe. The perspectives from the Bologna case study highlighted the paradox increasingly faced by European farmers:
\u2022 Flood risk and drainage challenges in some regions
\u2022 Severe drought and water scarcity in others
\u2022 Increasing unpredictability in seasonal water availability<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/farmwise-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Picture4-1.png\")
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Researchers and partners from Lund University and beyond delivered rapid pitches on FARMWISE tools and solutions, focusing specifically on:
\u2022 Scalability
\u2022 Upscaling potential
\u2022 Integration across water, soil and nutrient management<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Ronny Berndtsson (Lund University)
\u2022 Maria Martinez Canovas (Agrodit)
\u2022 Magnus Persson (Lund University)
\u2022 Hossein Hashemi (Lund University)
\u2022 Iria Feijoo (Lund University)
\u2022 Jing Li (Amore Aqua AB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/farmwise-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Picture5.png\")
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A guided futuring exercise was led by Therese Parodi, coordinator for the K\u00e4vlinge\u00e5ns Water Council, promoting sustainable water governance within the K\u00e4vlinge\u00e5n river basin. Therese invited participants to step back from immediate technical challenges and consider:
\u2022 What are the biggest risks for irrigation and soils in Sk\u00e5ne?
\u2022 What opportunities are emerging?
\u2022 What would a desirable water future look like in 10\u201320 years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The coffee break became an informal demonstration space, with irrigation manufacturer Lyckeg\u00e5rd showcasing machinery and engaging directly with researchers and farmers.
The programme then moved into Soil Health:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lund stakeholder event demonstrated how FARMWISE connects:
\u2022 Farm-level practice (G\u00e5rdst\u00e5nga Nyg\u00e5rd)
\u2022 Regional water management
\u2022 European case study comparison with a web-linked presentation by PhD, Francesco Cavazza showcasing how advanced the Italian Po valley is in regard to collectively on a regional basis managing 3,5 million hectares of water demand and supply in order to secure food production.
\u2022 AI-enabled decision-support systems
\u2022 Soil health innovation
\u2022 Industry engagement<\/p>\n\n\n\n