Challenges and opportunities of the Hungarian aquaculture
SmartGeoFish webinar summary.
The first SmartGeoFish webinar was held with great interest on June 3, 2022, with the aim of presenting the main challenges and development opportunities of the aquaculture sector through Hungarian and international examples.
Among those present were the employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Institute of Agricultural Economics and the Managing Authority of the Hungarian Fisheries Operational Program (MAHOP).
Zsófia Kertész, representing Campden BRI Hungary Nonprofit Ltd., spoke about the potential of the SmartGeoFish and SmartAgriHubs cascade projects, which are necessary to improve the resource efficiency of the sector. She described the objectives of SmartAgriHubs (e.g. promoting the digitization of European industry and "connecting" different actors in each field) and then introduced the members of the consortium:
- Campden BRI – Digital Innovation Hub,
- Geofish Kft. – Hungarian African catfish producer and processer company,
- Seacon Europe Kft. – IoT expert.
Finally, she gave an overview of the objectives of the project, e.g. reducing water consumption and ensuring the transparency necessary to meet food safety and quality requirements.
The next speaker was Szilvia Mihálffy from the Federation of European Aquaculture producers, who presented the challenges of European fish farms in the light of the results of the FutureEUAqua project. The participants of the webinar received extensive information on the current situation and challenges of aquaculture, e.g. animal health challenges, rising prices and water pollution, in connection with which the rapporteur also spoke about the results of the FuturEUAqua project. The project aimed to effectively promote the sustainable growth of resilient, environmentally friendly, bio and traditional aquaculture to meet future challenges related to climate change and the growing consumer demand for high-quality, nutritious and responsibly produced food.
Dr. Dénes Gál, one of the founders of Geofish Ltd. gave his presentation entitled The Situation of the Hungarian Aquaculture from the Point of View of Geofish Ltd. After presenting the situation of European and domestic aquaculture, he also turned to the conditions related to African catfish production in Hungary. On the positive side, he mentioned the availability of thermal water, the high level of professional knowledge and the market, as well as the application system, which is of great help to the companies concerned, but stressed that the process is very slow. What really makes production in Hungary difficult, according to the expert, is the increase in the price and the scarcity of feed and energy, as well as the lack of the euro. He also mentioned as a negative the current dominance of environmentally unsustainable systems. The expert gave an insight into the Geofish system, which utilizes the run-off thermal water of horticulture in an environmentally friendly way with recirculation technology.
Valéria Tálai and László Dvorszky gave a presentation on behalf of Seacon Europe Ltd. László Dvorszky, IT consultant, presented Seacon Europe's cloud-based target software, the QST, which provides a solution for making the origin of food and the history of integration transparent along the slogan "farm to fork", based on the combination of IoT devices and mobile technologies, as well as the information generated by each actor. The system records the parameters that affect the quality of the product, allows the parameters to be compared with the limits of the relevant standards, i.e. the qualification, and also ensures full product identification and traceability. Valéria Tálai, software developer, presented Seacon's self-developed data-driven solution, an application based on cloud technology and IoT devices designed to support water management tasks. The task of the system is to receive the data from the sensor networks and devices installed on the site with the specified regularity, to store the resulting data in a database and to display them in standardized form in a way that is understandable to the users according to the specified level of authorization. In addition, it is possible to query and review the data in the form of reports.
You can find out more about the SmartGeoFish project on the following pages:
The event ended with answering the questions raised during the presentations.
Smart agriculture, digitized food industry
Hungarian farmers are becoming more and more open to high-tech developments for efficiency.
The Conference entitled Smart Agriculture and Digitized Food Industry was held by the iFood Food Cluster, the innomine DIH and the National Agricultural Chamber on the Kaposvár Campus of Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences on 31.05.2022.
Hungarian farmers are becoming more and more open to high-tech developments in order to improve the efficiency of their daily work, said a rapporteur. There was sought the answer to the question of how well farmers know and use the potential of digitization and what conclusions and results they can draw from the resulting data.
Gábor Berkovich, managing director of Seacon Europe, gave a presentation entitled "Do you know what you eat?" - Or the way of our food from plough to plate. Those present and those who attended the conference online could learn that transparency in the origin and history of food integration along the slogan "from plough to plate" is becoming an increasingly demand. Agricultural actors and food producers together with other logistics actors must provide complex solutions, which also require increasing availability from the actors of trade, public authorities and end-users. These needs are becoming increasingly difficult to meet without the connecting IoT devices with mobile technologies and information generated by individual actors. Seacon Europe's cloud-based target software QST provides a technical solution to this problem. The software’s developers have decades of experience in the relevant field.
Additional information about the QST software: https://qstsoftware.hu/intelligens-mezogazdasag-digitalizalt-elelmiszeripar-beszamolo/
Yettel IOT Live Show 2022
Between 25 and 26 May 2022 a unique showcase and competition of Hungarian IoT solutions, the Yettel IoT Live Show was organized with expanded professional content. The founder and main organizer of the event was MOHAnet Mobilsystems Co.Ltd, a company that has been operating successfully for more than 15 years.
Seacon Europe participated in the event as an exhibitor and presenter, as well. Szabolcs Varga business development consultant gave a presentation entitled Do you know what you eat?. He spoke about the lack of transparency in the food industry and its consequences, and presented Seacon Europe's cloud-based target software called QST. QST provides a solution for making the origin of food and the history of integration transparent along the slogan “plough to plate”, based on the combination of IoT devices and mobile technologies, as well as the information generated by each actor.
Original video: videosquare.eu
We were waiting for those interested at our stand together with Waterscope Inc. In the partnership with Waterscope, Seacon has a data collector and analyst partner providing innovative solutions in the water industry, while Waterscope's hardware-based core solution has been expanded with a data warehouse and data visualization layer. In addition, Waterscope's data collection system based on measuring devices fits very well with Seacon's QST software – which is currently operating in the food industry – and complements it effectively.
SmartGeoFish webinar
Date: 3rd of June 2022. 11:00-12:30 CET
Challenges and opportunities of the Hungarian aquaculture
Online event
The first SmartGeoFish webinar will be held on June 3, 2022, with the aim of presenting the main challenges and development opportunities of the aquaculture sector through Hungarian and international examples.
The main topics of the webinar:
- The opportunities of the SmartGeoFish és SmartAgriHubs project.
- The major challenges of European fisheries in the light of sustainability and the changed geopolitical situation .
- The Hungarian aquaculture sector from the companies perspective.
- Opportunities provided by digitizationa
Detailed program: SmartGeoFish webinár invitation
Participation in the webinar is free, but registration is required.
Link to registration (available until 1st of June): https://forms.gle/rro9TphEbqsb8wqBA
További információ a SmartGeoFish projektről:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 818182
Agriculture and digitization
Are farmers taking advantage of the potential of digitization?
The Conference entitled Smart Agriculture and Digitized Food Industry will be held by the iFood Food Cluster, the innomine DIH and the National Agricultural Chamber on the Kaposvár Campus of Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences on 31.05.2022.
- Is the use of sensors and drones and robotization really spreading?
- What can the data obtained in this way be used for?
At the event, we are looking for answers to these questions, among other things!
Attend an event and learn more about:
- whether farmers consider the digital switchover important,
- how the data can be used,
- what solutions have been found with EU support in the food industry,
- what developments are being made by EU countries.
- how software and technology developers see the need for smart development.
During the afternoon, you can also meet Gábor Berkovich, Managing Director of Seacon Europe, who will give presentation entitled "Do you know what you eat?" - "Or the way of our food from farm to fork."
Additional information: Intelligens mezőgazdaság digitalizált élelmiszeripar