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DESIRA

Title: Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts on Rural Areas

Funding source: EU H2020 Project, Grant agreement No. 818194.

Total funding: EUR 4 991 503.45

Funding for BSC: EUR 113 743.75

Implementation period: 01.06.2019.-31.05.2023.

Coordinator: University of Pisa (Italy)

Latvian partners: Baltic Studies Centre, Union "Farmers' Parliament" (Zemnieku Saeima)

Aim: DESIRA aimed to improve the capacity of society and political bodies to respond to the challenges that digitisation generates in rural areas, agriculture and forestry, and to provide a comprehensive assessment of both opportunities and threats.

The project brought together 25 organisations from across sectors and disciplines including research institutes, NGOs, and SMEs. This consortium met on Wednesday 4 September in Pisa for two and a half days to kick off the project.

To achieve its goal, DESIRA built a knowledge and methodological base that makes it easier to assess the past, current and future socio-economic impacts of ICT-related innovation. It sought to embed Responsible Research and Innovation into researchers’, developers’ and users’ practices and policies, and looked to offer mechanisms and tools that would support decision-making on challenges and opportunities related to digitisation.

These and other goals were carried out by:

Project webpage: https://desira2020.agr.unipi.it/ 
CORDIS project overview: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/818194 

Deliverables:

T4.2 - National Policy Framework Analysis (Latvia)

Expert recommendations

Brunori, G., Nieto, E., Casares, B., Debruyne, L., Tisenkopfs, T., Brunori, A., (2021). DESIRA H2020, Briefing: Experts' recommendations to boost sustainable digitalisation of agriculture, forestry and rural areas by 2040.

Policy briefs:

Beef farmers and digital marketing

Academic publications:

Grivins, M., Kilis, E. 2023. Engaging with barriers hampering uptake of digital tools. Italian Review of Agricultural Economics, 78(2): 29–38. https://doi.org/10.36253/rea-14304 

Other materials produced with the involvement of the BSC team members: 

Tisenkopfs, T., Grivins, M., Knickel, M., Sumane, S., Brunori, G., Casares, B., & Nieto, E. (2021). Key Digital Game Changers Shaping the Future of Rural Areas in 2040. Views from DESIRA's Rural Digitalisation Forum Experts. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6573601 

Materials on the Latvian Living lab: https://desira2020.agr.unipi.it/digital-marketing-strategy-latvia/  

National policy analysis: https://desira2020.agr.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WP4.-National-Policy-Framework-Analysis_Latvia.pdf