Welcome to SS4AF
Enhancing competitiveness, sustainable growth, and resilience of food processing industry via accelerating digital innovations – this is the core mission of Smart Solutions 4 Agri-FOOD (SS4AF). The Thematic Smart Specialisation Partnership (S3P) facilitates the establishment of a symbiotic ecosystem between agri-food and technology clusters, digital solution providers, research institutions (RTOs), and stakeholders.
Our main objectives
- Establishing a vibrant ecosystem and platform, simplifying access to approved cutting-edge digitalization technologies.
- Fostering a trust zone through collaboration between clusters and RTOs, facilitating expertise exchange, and accelerating the integration of Industry 5.0 technologies across the broader agri-food industry landscape.
- Creating a network of Living Labs, serving as hubs for demonstrating, testing, and organizing training sessions, workshops, and demonstrations linked to Industry 5.0 technologies for agri-food companies.
Explore our Project Hub!
Interested in innovative solutions for smart and sustainable food production? Head to the overview of all projects powered by SS4AF and get inspired by SME driven success stories.
Meet the partners!
The Thematic Smart Specialisation Partnership 'Smart Solutions 4 Agri-food' builds on the expertise of 20+ partners (clusters and research centres) from over 40 NUTS2 regions, spread across 9 EU countries. The partners join ambitions, competences and resources to to accelerate the evolution of the agri-food sector into an interconnected, sustainable, resilient, and smart agri-food system in Europe.
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Deepdive into our strategy and discover our 5 step model for cross-regional innovation!