CORDiALL - Convergence Of Research in Digital Agriculture Leading Labs

Digital agriculture stands for the digitalisation of agriculture. It has been the focus of a growing number of research and innovation projects over the last 10 years. In France, #DigitAg is the first structuring large research project ‘about and for’ digital agriculture. Other research projects & programmes have followed, at regional level, such as OccitANum (Occitanie Digital AgroEcology), at national level such as the ‘Agroecology & Digital Tech’ program and its flagship projects (CoEditAg, Wait4, Pl@ntAgroEco, LINDDA), and at European level such as the CODECS and QUANTIFARM (tbc) projects. #DigitAg is also connected to other vibrant communities devoted to research in Digital Agriculture emerging worldwide, in Africa or South America.

The year 2026 marks the end of several of these projects, eg #DigitAg, CODECS, QUANTIFARM but also the ramp-up of newly-developed projects on digital agriculture worldwide, especially in Africa - as part of the TSARA initiative - and South America, in relationship with CGIAR and with Brasilian ecosystem. This pivotal moment is the opportunity to organise an International Conference, in order to build convergences between continents, between disciplines, between pioneering and newcomers in digital agriculture research.

CORDiALL at a glance:

A 4-day conference, 24 sessions, 51 posters and 124 presentations

200 participants from 30 different countries

The conference was structured around 10 themes:

• Methodological advances in digital sciences applied to agriculture,
• Knowledge engineering
• ArtificiaI Intelligence in agriculture
• Low-cost digital technology
• On-farm experiments and digital tools
• Adoption, design, ergonomy
• Evaluation of the cost & benefits of digital technologies
• Building inclusive and transformative digital ecosystems
• Impacts of digital technology on agriculture
• Public Policies for responsible digital agriculture

A half-day guided tour of the Mas Numérique, a Mediterranean experimental vineyard in Montpellier

2 invited Keynote speakers, Vincent Martin, Director of the FAO Office of Innovation and Devotha Nyambo, Senior Lecturer, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

A strong focus on the Global South, with 50 abstracts

A key theme: artificial intelligence in agriculture, featuring 6 sessions and 30 high-level presentations

Thank you for your participation!