This report describes the stakeholder process set up by the AGREE project, to
produce an Agenda for Transnational Cooperation in R&D on the topic of energy
efficiency in agriculture. In six of the partner countries, represting a wide variety
of agro-climatic conditions, stakeholders from across the value chain and
representing the enabling environment, came together to discuss and identify
opportunities and bottlenecks for an energy efficient agriculture for the future.
The resulting lists were analysed and clustered to produce nine potential topics
for energy efficiency R&D in EU agriculture. In a transnational meeting with
representatives from each of the participating countries, as well as from the
External Advisory Board, R&D themes were identified and prioritised to produce a
list of eleven R&D areas:
1. Sensor technology
2. Agro-residue valorisation
3. Operational groups (energy efficiency networks)
4. Integrative solutions
5. Socio-economic scenarios research
6. Definitions and data exchange
7. Decision Support System (DSS) tools for farmers
8. Design tools
9. Local food strategies
10.Soil and water management
11.Farm machinery
In this report the above mentioned areas are explained and described and finally
suggestions for the potential embedding of each of the items is discussed
