The STARGATE project, now successfully concluded, was a five-year initiative funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The project set out to develop climate-smart strategies for agriculture by combining innovative technologies, data science, and stakeholder engagement. Its main goal was to enhance weather and climate risk management at both farm and regional levels through a comprehensive decision support system. By promoting sustainable and resilient agricultural practices, STARGATE was designed to enable farmers and policymakers to better respond to the growing challenges of climate variability and extreme weather events. As a key partner in STARGATE, meteoblue provided its open processing chain, which was seamlessly integrated into the project's decision support system.
Specifically, meteoblue co-developed three important features for the project:
- Crop Climate Risk: This feature assesses the exposure of specific crops to climate and weather variables, enabling farmers to make informed decisions on crop selection and management practices.
- Livestock Risk: By analysing weather patterns and their impact on livestock health and productivity, this tool aids in optimising animal husbandry practices under changing climatic conditions. (Contact us for more information.)
- Huglin Index: An agroclimatic indicator used to evaluate the suitability of regions for viticulture, the Huglin Index helps in determining the potential for grape cultivation based on temperature and sunlight data.
Furthermore, our participation in STARGATE facilitated the integration of the WRF-5 model operated by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a project partner, into our weather model portfolio, making data generated by this model available via the meteoblue website and the meteoblue Weather API.
Through the STARGATE project, meteoblue has reinforced its commitment to supporting sustainable agricultural practices by providing innovative tools and data-driven solutions to address the challenges posed by climate change.
