Digitalization and Climate Change in Agriculture
In the demonstration plot, IADK held two “field days” for farmers cultivating agricultural crops, with the aim of increasing knowledge about the digitalization of agriculture and addressing climate change.
On 25.06.2025, a “Field Day” was held to promote several new technologies that have an impact on the digitalization of services in agriculture.
Participants were introduced to the new technologies that have been invested in the demonstration greenhouse and orchard, such as: the automatic greenhouse ventilation system and the automatic vegetable and strawberry irrigation system, which enables plant irrigation based on soil moisture and plant water requirements. Then the irrigation system for the trees in the demonstration plot, controlled through the application from the 'smart phone'.
While on 30.06.2025, a "Field Day" was held to promote some new technologies that have an impact on addressing climate change, where participants were introduced in a practical way to the new technologies that have been invested in the demonstration greenhouse and orchard, which relate to the measures that should be taken into account to address climate change, such as: the rainwater collection system - its use in irrigating vegetables, anti-insect nets to prevent pests from entering the greenhouse, then the greenhouse shading net to protect vegetables from strong solar radiation and high temperatures, as well as the automatic air conditioning system to control the air temperature inside the greenhouse, as well as investments in the demonstration orchard in which different types of fruit trees and small trees have been cultivated, where adaptations have been made to cope with climate change, such as: the cultivation of strawberries in greenhouses with light constructions covered with plastic sheets, the use of different types of mulching, then nets for shading tunnels planted with strawberries, the installation of frames and covering raspberries with plastic sheets and nets for shading, a composting depot, as well as the plantation of aromatic medicinal plants - where geotextiles were used for mulching.
Present were leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture, municipal officials, farmers cultivating vegetables and small trees.
This event served for farmers and participants from municipal and government institutions to see the positive effects that the digitalization of agriculture has in facilitating the work of farmers, then in increasing and optimal plant development and also for reducing damages in agriculture through relevant measures to address climate change.
This activity was carried out within the framework of the project “Improving the employment and income generation opportunities in rural areas in Kosovo” funded by the donor BfdW from Germany.