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dRural's partners and advisory board members share their knowledge on how to make digitalisation projects long-lasting in rural areas.

The University of Twente hosted the dRural Consortium Meeting on 4 and 5 June 2024. The meeting focused on the project's sustainability and exploitation pathways.

The EU-funded project dRural continues to extend its impact all over Europe through four new “mirror regions”- rural areas that will adopt the dRural digital platform to improve local markets. After the three pilots and the first group of mirror regions, the time for new replicators of the dRural metaplatform has come. Following the call launched in January 2024, four new demonstrators have been selected to implement local digital marketplaces. The new mirror regions are located in France, Poland, Portugal, and the Czech Republic and will soon start offering simple and complex services in various fields to local inhabitants.

From yield prediction to resource optimisation, artificial intelligence is revolutionising farming practices. Yet, in the shadow of financial and environmental benefits, some unseen concerns might restrain its potential: agriculture at the crossroads of increased productivity and power concentration

The Croatian rural region of Dubrovnik-Neretva is flourishing thanks to the dRural platform. While old citizen have an easier life, young people can find new job opportunities and don't feel forced to leave.

While in the Dutch rural region of Gelderland-Midden people are getting old, the Samen Kwiek platform has come into play to address the citizen needs. The marketplace is improving the inhabitants lives, making them healthier and happier.